Pathogen surveillance in Southern Ocean pinnipeds

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Núñez-Egido, Sandra, Lowther, Andrew, Nymo, Ingebørg H., Klein, Jörn, Breines, Eva Marie, Tryland, Morten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk Polarinstitutt 2020
• Subjects: Dyrehelse / Animal health; Sel / Pinnipeds; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Antarctic; Austral; Bouvetøya; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Elephant Seals; Polar Research; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20722; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3841

Knowledge of the health status and potential effect of disease outbreaks among Southern Ocean fauna may be decisive for its conservation. We assessed the exposure and infection of Antarctic fur seals ( Arctocephalus gazella , AFS) and Southern elephant seals ( Mirounga leonine , SES) to parapoxvirus...