Evidence of prenatal infection in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with the lungworm Halocercus lagenorhynchi (Nematoda: Pseudaliidae).
Adult lung nematodes identified as Halocercus lagenorhynchi were collected from the lungs of four Tursiops truncatus calves. The calves ranged in age from newborn to 3-wk-old and were found on both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida (USA). This finding suggests the possibility of a more cosmopolitan distribution of prenatal infection with lung nematodes in cetaceans than previously suspected.
Dailey
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Ocean Studies Institute, California State University, Long Beach 90840.
Walsh
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Odell
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Campbell
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D000818:Animals; D004289:Dolphins / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*