Occurrence of Taenia solium in a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus).
The larval stage of Taenia solium was recovered from the brain, skeletal muscles, heart, lungs and liver of a Cape fur seal collected near Cape Town. This is apparently the second record of the larval stage of this cestode in a marine mammal.
D000818:Animals; D010872:Caniformia / Q000469:parasitology*; D046069:Fur Seals / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D013019:South Africa; D013621:Taenia; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary