Toxoplasmosis in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).
Disseminated toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in a female California sea lion that had been used in thermoregulation studies for about 4 years while housed in a small enclosure with a fresh-water pool at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. Toxoplasma gondii was demonstrated in and around necrotic lesions of the heart and the stomach. Source of the infection was not established; however, studies on toxoplasmosis in cats were being conducted at the institution, and common caretakers attended both groups of animals.
D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D010872:Caniformia; D005260:Female; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology