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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – March 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – March 2012

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 2 comments

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

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer February 2012

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 0 comments

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

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Case February 2012

Posted by on Feb 2, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 1 comment

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

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer January 2012

Posted by on Feb 2, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 2 comments

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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Whale of Good Time

Posted by on Nov 20, 2009 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 0 comments

…at least for the parasites, thanks to Suzanne Thurman for sending along samples of the acanthocephalan parasite Bolbosoma...

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