Experimental transmission of Otostrongylus circumlitus (Railliet, 1899) (Metastrongyloidea: Crenosomatidae), a lungworm of seals in eastern arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Bergeron, Emmanuelle, Huot, Jean, Measures, Lena N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Canada; Salluit; Phoca hispida
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-762; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z97-762

The transmission of few metastrongyloids infesting marine mammals is known. The results of experimental infections using Otostrongylus circumlitus (Crenosomatidae), a lungworm of pinnipeds, suggested that this metastrongyloid uses fish as intermediate hosts. Various marine organisms (crustaceans, mo...