title: Infection due to Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in a free-ranging common seal (Phoca vitulina) in Scotland.
abstract: We describe the first reported case of mycobacterial infection in a free-ranging pinniped in the Northern Hemisphere. Acid-fast bacteria were demonstrated histologically in the liver of an adult female common seal (Phoca vitulina), and Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium was cultured from the liver.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Jason P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barley
authors.forename: Johanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Baily
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dagleish
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046049:Phoca / Q000382:microbiology*; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*