Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – March 2012
This month’s Parasite of the Month represents a finding so common during cetacean necropsies that its effect and significance can be...
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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer February 2012
The parasite is Nasitrema attenuata. The distinguishing characteristics include compatible length and maximum width, lack of pre-acetabular...
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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Case February 2012
Our second case is another marine mammal classic. I was surprised when I first started looking at these parasites how much I had heard...
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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer January 2012
Answer month 1: Anisakis species These are roundworms or nematodes. The first clue was obscured in the original post (didn’t think...
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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Case January 2012
Around 100 of these specimens were found in the blow hole and stomach of a Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) that stranded on Cape Cod,...
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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month
As part of our grant to study the parasites of marine mammals, we are committed to educating the stranding network about the identity and...
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