title: Leptospirosis epizootic among California sea lions.
abstract: A Leptospira species is suspected of being the etiological agenit in a recent epizootic among California sea lions. The disease was confined to subadult males of the species Zalophus c. californianus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D010872:Caniformia; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology*; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*