Infection of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) with terrestrial Brucella spp

Rosalía Ávalos-Téllez, Carlos Ramírez-Pfeiffer, Rigoberto Hernández-Castro, Efrén Díaz-Aparicio, Carlos Sánchez-Domínguez, Alan Zavala-Norzagaray, Beatriz Arellano-Reynoso, Francisco Suárez-Güemes, A. Alonso Aguirre, David Aurioles-Gamboa

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Infections with Brucella ceti and pinnipedialis are prevalent in marine mammals worldwide. A total of 22 California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) were examined to determine their exposure to Brucella spp. at San Esteban Island in the Gulf of California, Mexico, in June and July 2011. Although samples of blood, vaginal mucus and milk cultured negative for these bacteria, the application of rose Bengal, agar gel immunodiffusion, PCR and modified fluorescence polarization assays found that five animals (22.7%) had evidence of exposure to Brucella strains. The data also suggested that in two of these five sea lions the strains involved were of terrestrial origin, a novel finding in marine mammals. Further work will be required to validate and determine the epidemiological significance of this finding.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)198-200
Número de páginas3
PublicaciónVeterinary Journal
Volumen202
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 oct. 2014

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