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Marine Mammal Medicine & Pathology

   
Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Note: The following pages contain graphic depictions of pathological conditions and as such may not be suitable for some viewers.

'Case Reports in Marine Mammal Pathology'

'Case Reports in Marine Mammal Pathology' is an occasional, peer-reviewed journal published on-line by Pacific Marine Mammal Center. They will be authored by veterinary students and veterinarians completing externships, internships, etc. at Pacific Marine Mammal Center. In addition, we will occasionally solicit reviews or other pertinent articles from interested parties. These papers will be 'photographically rich' and without length constraints. They will be considered 'living documents', as they will be periodically revised to include corrections, updates, revised data interpretations and other changes we feel appropriate to the content and message of the paper. If you have any questions or would liked to submit a paper please contact me at revans@pacificmmc.org

Arcanobacterium phocae-associated pathology in California sea lions stranded along the southern California coast
Samoa Giovannini, DVM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
 
Bacterial Granulomatous Encephalitis in a Short-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Annie Page, University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA

Miscellaneous Reports

This section contains PMMC extern, intern or staff reports published in other journals as well as posters presented at symposia.

Segniliparus rugosus – associated Bronchiolitis in California Sea Lion
Evans, RH, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 12 (2): 311-312, 2011

*This recent article details the first isolation of the bacterium Segniliparous rugosus in animals.

Staphylococcal pyelonephritis and cystitis in a California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
Fravel V*, Evans RH, Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology, Volume 1 (1): 12-14, 2008

*Ms. Fravel, a third year veterinary student at Western University School of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California served an externship at Pacific Marine Mammal Center.
 
Contaminants still high in top-level carnivores in the Southern California Bight: Levels of DDT and PCBs in resident and transient pinnipeds
Mary Ellen Blasius* and Gwen D. Goodmanlowe, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 56: 1773-1782, 2008.

* Mary Blasius has been a PMMC Animal Care volunteer for several years. Part of the data presented in her paper came from samples submitted by PMMC.
 
Urogenital Carcinomas in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)
Richard H. Evans, DVM, MS (Path.), Pacific Marine Mammal Center, Laguna Beach,CA(USA) and Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA (USA)

* Poster displayed at the 18th Ljudvit Jurak International Symposium on Comparative Pathology, Zagreb, Croatia, June 1-2, 2007
 
Mortality & Morbidity of Pinnipeds Stranded on Orange County Beaches in 2009
Richard H. Evans, DVM, MS (Path.), Pacific Marine Mammal Center, Laguna Beach,CA(USA)

*Poster displayed at the "Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop", Pacific Life Insurance, Newport, California, January 9-10, 2010

Richard H. Evans, DVM, MS (Pathology)
Medical Director
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
20612 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, California 92651, USA
email: revans@pacificmmc.org
Tel: 949-494-3050, Ext 203