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...
Read MoreParasites are for lovers
Our friends at the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program brought some parasites from cases of stranded sea turtles, dolphins,...
Read MoreWhere in the world: Dr. Rogers Travels: Provincetown Town, Cape Cod
Dr. Williams traveled to the tip of Cape Cod to the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies last week to talk on One Health, the role of...
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