Phocine distemper virus (PDV) seroprevalence as predictor for future outbreaks in harbour seals

• Published in: Veterinary Microbiology
• Main Authors: Ludes-Wehrmeister, E., Dupke, C., Harder, Timm C., Baumgärtner, W., Haas, L., Teilmann, J., Dietz, R., Jensen, L.F., Siebert, U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: article; Text; ddc:570; Harbour seal; common seal; phocine distemper virus; canine distemper virus; morbillivirus antibodies; epidemic; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.11.017; https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00018448; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/Document_derivate_00013413/SD201612.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113515300869

Phocine distemper virus (PDV) infections caused the two most pronounced mass mortalities in marine mammals documented in the past century. During the two outbreaks, 23,000 and 30,000 harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), died in 1988/89 and 2002 across populations in the Wadden Sea and adjacent waters, re...