Incidence of the Ascarid Porrocaecum decipiens in the Stomachs of Three Species of Seals along the Southern Canadian Atlantic Mainland

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Scott, D. M., Fisher, H. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1958
• Subjects: General Medicine; Canada; Magdalen; atlantic cod; harbour seal; Harp Seal; Newfoundland; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f58-023; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f58-023

Identifications were made of ascarids collected from 1948 to 1956 from the stomachs of 318 harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), 812 harp seals (P. groenlandica), and 127 grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) killed in several localities along the Atlantic coast of Canada. Porrocaecum and 2 other genera of asca...