I've got you under my skin: inflammatory response to elephant seal's lice

• Published in: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
• Main Authors: Leonardi, María Soledad, Krmpotic, Cecilia Mariana, Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo, Soto, Florencia Anabella, Loza, Cleopatra Mara, Vera, Ricardo Bruno, Negrete, Javier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE; ECTOPARASITES; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; LEPIDOPHTHIRUS MACRORHINI; MIROUNGA LEONINA; SKIN LESIONS; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Gustavo; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150408

Seals (Phocidae) undergo an annual cycle of moulting that implies hair regeneration, and in the case of southern elephant seals, it also involves the superficial strata of the epidermis. Therefore, surviving the moulting period is crucial for their obligate and permanent ectoparasites. Throughout ev...