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Phocine Distemper Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions [PDF]

Viruses, 2014
Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was first recognized in 1988 following a massive epidemic in harbor and grey seals in north-western Europe. Since then, the epidemiology of infection in North Atlantic and Arctic pinnipeds has been investigated.
Pádraig J. Duignan, Marie-Françoise Van Bressem, Jason D. Baker, Michelle Barbieri, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Sylvain De Guise, Rik L. de Swart, Giovanni Di Guardo, Andrew Dobson, W. Paul Duprex, Greg Early, Deborah Fauquier, Tracey Goldstein, Simon J. Goodman, Bryan Grenfell, Kátia R. Groch, Frances Gulland, Ailsa Hall, Brenda A. Jensen, Karina Lamy, Keith Matassa, Sandro Mazzariol, Sinead E. Morris, Ole Nielsen, David Rotstein, Teresa K. Rowles, Jeremy T. Saliki, Ursula Siebert, Thomas Waltzek, James F.X. Wellehan   +29 more
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Persistent Infection in Harbor Seals 12–13 Years after Phocine Distemper Virus Epizootics in 1988 and 2002, North Sea [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Phocine distemper virus caused epizootics of fatal pneumonia in North Sea harbor seals in 1988 and 2002. Two seals that stranded years later were infected with defective phocine distemper virus variants that caused severe encephalomyelitis.
Marco W.G. van de Bildt, Jolianne M. Rijks, Trine Hammer Jensen, Sophie M.J.M. Brasseur, Marja J.L. Kik, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, Andrea Gröne, Thijs Kuiken, Jooske IJzer   +8 more
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Space use of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) from two haulout locations along the Oregon coast. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThere are approximately 10,000-12,000 Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) inhabiting the Oregon coast, and unlike other species of pinnipeds in this region, are reliably present year-round.
Sheanna Steingass, Markus Horning, Amanda M Bishop   +2 more
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The effect of a startle-eliciting device on the foraging success of individual harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Pinniped predation on commercially and ecologically important prey has been a source of conflict for centuries. In the Salish Sea, harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are suspected of impeding the recovery of culturally and ecologically critical Pacific salmon
Kathleen A. McKeegan, Kate Clayton, Rob Williams, Erin Ashe, Stephanie Reiss, Andrea Mendez-Bye, Vincent M. Janik, Thomas Goetz, Matthew Zinkgraf, Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez   +9 more
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Influenza A (H10N7) Virus Causes Respiratory Tract Disease in Harbor Seals and Ferrets. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Avian influenza viruses sporadically cross the species barrier to mammals, including humans, in which they may cause epidemic disease. Recently such an epidemic occurred due to the emergence of avian influenza virus of the subtype H10N7 (Seal/H10N7) in ...
Judith M A van den Brand, Peter Wohlsein, Sander Herfst, Rogier Bodewes, Vanessa M Pfankuche, Marco W G van de Bildt, Frauke Seehusen, Christina Puff, Mathilde Richard, Ursula Siebert, Kristina Lehnert, Theo Bestebroer, Pascal Lexmond, Ron A M Fouchier, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Werner Herbst, Marion Koopmans, Albert D M E Osterhaus, Thijs Kuiken, Wolfgang Baumgärtner   +19 more
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First Detection of Usutu Virus in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) [PDF]

Viruses
The zoonotic Orthoflavivirus Usutu virus (USUV) is distributed throughout Germany, putting hosts at a considerable risk of infection nationwide. Besides birds as reservoir hosts, a broad range of accidental hosts is suspected.
Anne Schwarzer, Franziska Schopf, Insa Dammann, Katharina Kramer, Tanja Rosenberger, Christine Fast, Michaela Geese, Martin H. Groschup, Balal Sadeghi, Ute Ziegler   +9 more
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The vomeronasal organ and incisive duct of harbor seals are modified to secrete acidic mucus into the nasal cavity [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Most terrestrial mammals have a vomeronasal system to detect specific chemicals. The peripheral organ of this system is a vomeronasal organ (VNO) opening to the incisive duct, and its primary integrative center is an accessory olfactory bulb (AOB).
Daisuke Kondoh, Wataru Tonomori, Ryota Iwasaki, Jumpei Tomiyasu, Yuka Kaneoya, Yusuke K. Kawai, Shun Ikuta, Hayao Kobayashi, Mari Kobayashi   +8 more
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Brain transcriptomes of harbor seals demonstrate gene expression patterns of animals undergoing a metabolic disease and a viral infection [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Diseases of marine mammals can be difficult to diagnose because of their life history and protected status. Stranded marine mammals have been a particularly useful resource to discover and comprehend the diseases that plague these top predators ...
Stephanie M. Rosales, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber   +1 more
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Spatially Estimating Disturbance of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Tidewater glacial fjords in Alaska provide habitat for some of the largest aggregations of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), with calved ice serving as platforms for birthing and nursing pups, molting, and resting.
John K Jansen, Gavin M Brady, Jay M Ver Hoef, Peter L Boveng   +3 more
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Brain Meta-Transcriptomics from Harbor Seals to Infer the Role of the Microbiome and Virome in a Stranding Event. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Marine diseases are becoming more frequent, and tools for identifying pathogens and disease reservoirs are needed to help prevent and mitigate epizootics. Meta-transcriptomics provides insights into disease etiology by cataloguing and comparing sequences
Stephanie M Rosales, Rebecca Vega Thurber   +1 more
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