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1. Bacterial microbiota in harbor seals (phoca vitulina) from the north sea of schleswig-holstein, germany, around the time of morbillivirus and influenza epidemics

Author:
Ursula Siebert; Marion Rademaker; Sophie A. Ulrich; Peter Wohlsein; Katrin Ronnenberg; Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff
Source:
Journal of wildlife diseases 2017 v.53 no.2 pp. 201-214
ISSN:
0090-3558
Subject:
Staphylococcus aureus; die-off; hepatitis; distemper; arthritis; bronchopneumonia; summer; anthropogenic activities; Streptococcus; Clostridium perfringens; lungs; Bordetella bronchiseptica; Brucella; Vibrio; intestines; spleen; lymph nodes; Escherichia coli; humans; septicemia; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Phoca vitulina; disease outbreaks; kidneys; myositis; seals; gastroenteritis; liver; myocarditis; Influenza A virus; Phocine morbillivirus; nephritis; influenza; bacteria; North Sea; Germany
Abstract:
... We present microbiologic findings in harbor seal (phoca; Phoca vitulina) carcasses collected from the North Sea of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 1996–2014, and interpret results in relation to potential variations caused by phocine distemper virus and influenza A virus mass mortalities. We conducted microbiologic investigations on 2,124 tissue samples from lung, liver, kidney, spleen, intestine, an ...
DOI:
10.7589/2015-11-320

2. Complete Genome Sequence of Phocine Distemper Virus Isolated from a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) during the 1988 North Sea Epidemic

Author:
Rory D. de Vries; R. Joyce Verburgh; Marco W. G. van de Bildt; Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus; Rik L. de Swart
Source:
Genome announcements 2013 v.1 no.3 pp. e00291-13
ISSN:
2169-8287
Subject:
Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; nucleotide sequences; North Sea
Abstract:
... Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was identified as the cause of a large morbillivirus outbreak among harbor seals in the North Sea in 1988. PDV is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, genus Morbillivirus. Until now, no full-genome sequence of PDV has been available. ...
DOI:
10.1128/genomeA.00291-13
PubMed:
23814028
PubMed Central:
PMC3695424

3. Identification of a novel host-specific IgG protease in Streptococcus phocae subsp. phocae

Author:
Viktoria Rungelrath; Jan Christian Wohlsein; Ursula Siebert; Jeffrey Stott; Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff; Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen; Peter Valentin-Weigand; Christoph G. Baums; Jana Seele
Source:
Veterinary microbiology 2017 v.201 pp. 42-48
ISSN:
0378-1135
Subject:
cross reaction; immunoglobulin G; immune evasion; blood serum; septicemia; marine mammals; antibodies; hosts; polymerase chain reaction; Western blotting; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; bronchopneumonia; Streptococcus phocae; proteinase inhibitors; host specificity; Phocoena phocoena; cysteine proteinases
Abstract:
... Streptococcus (S.) phocae subsp. phocae causes bronchopneumonia and septicemia in a variety of marine mammals. Especially in harbor seals infected with phocine distemper virus it plays an important role as an opportunistic pathogen.This study was initiated by the detection of IgG cleavage products in Western blot analysis after incubation of bacterial supernatant with harbor seal serum. Hence, the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.01.009

4. In Vitro Exposure of Harbor Seal Immune Cells to Aroclor 1260 Alters Phocine Distemper Virus Replication

Author:
Andrea Bogomolni; Salvatore Frasca Jr; Milton Levin; Keith Matassa; Ole Nielsen; Gordon Waring; Sylvain De Guise
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2016 v.70 no.1 pp. 121-132
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
quantitative polymerase chain reaction; at-risk population; T-lymphocytes; monocytes; seals; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; polychlorinated biphenyls; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; viruses; viral load; virus replication; death; lymphocyte proliferation; mortality
Abstract:
... In the last 30 years, several large-scale marine mammal mortality events have occurred, often in close association with highly polluted regions, leading to suspicions that contaminant-induced immunosuppression contributed to these epizootics. Some of these recent events also identified morbillivirus as a cause of or contributor to death. The role of contaminant exposures regarding morbillivirus mo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-015-0178-z

5. In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals

Author:
M. Kreutzer; R. Kreutzer; U. Siebert; G. Müller; P. Reijnders; S. Brasseur; T. Härkönen; R. Dietz; C. Sonne; E. W. Born; W. Baumgärtner
Source:
Archives of virology 2008 v.153 no.1 pp. 187-192
ISSN:
0304-8608
Subject:
Mustela lutreola; Ursus maritimus; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; mink; viruses; Halichoerus grypus; coasts; nucleic acids; seals; North Sea; Greenland
Abstract:
... European harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations decreased substantially during the phocine distemper virus (PDV) outbreaks of 1988 and 2002. Different hypotheses have stated that various seals and terrestrial carnivore species might be the source of infection. To further analyse these hypotheses, grey (Halichoerus grypus) and ringed (Phoca hispida) seals, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and minks ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00705-007-1070-6
PubMed:
17896075

6. Infectious disease and toxicological monitoring of stranded pacific harbor seals (phoca vitulina richardsi) in cook inlet as surrogates for monitoring endangered belugas (delphinapterus leucas)

Author:
Bauer Kendra L.; Goertz Caroline E. C.; Belovarac Jane A.; Walton Robert W.; Dunn J. Lawrence; Tuomi Pamela
Source:
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2016 v.47 no.3 pp. 770-780
ISSN:
1042-7260
Subject:
Delphinapterus leucas; burden of disease; philopatry; Brucella; Canine morbillivirus; Leptospira interrogans; serology; flora; toxicology; screening; pathogens; dolphins; monitoring; Neospora caninum; Phoca vitulina; Toxoplasma gondii; seals; Phocine morbillivirus; avian influenza; habitats; Sarcocystis neurona; bacteria; Alaska
Abstract:
... Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) eat many of the same prey species, occupy the same geographic area, and demonstrate site fidelity in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Although most direct research involving the critically endangered belugas is currently prohibited, studying harbor seals may provide important information about this beluga population. In recent ...
DOI:
10.1638/2015-0147.1

7. Neurological signs in juvenile harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) with fatal phocine distemper

Author:
Philippa, J.D.W.; van de Bildt, M.W.G.; Kuiken, T.; 't Hart, P.; Osterhaus, A.D.M.E.
Source:
Veterinary record 2009 v.164 no.11 pp. 327-331
ISSN:
0042-4900
Subject:
Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; disease diagnosis
DOI:
10.1136/vr.164.11.327

8. Osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint in the Eastern Atlantic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina) from the German North Sea: a study of the lesions seen in dry bone

Author:
Catharina Ludolphy; Patricia Kahle; Horst Kierdorf; Uwe Kierdorf
Source:
BMC veterinary research 2018 v.14 no.1 pp. 150
ISSN:
1746-6148
Subject:
wildlife; correlation; teeth; morbidity; epizootic diseases; health status; males; seals; veterinary medicine; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; mortality; death; skull; osteoarthritis; females; adults; juveniles; North Sea
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Pathological changes and resulting functional impairment of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can substantially affect physical condition, morbidity, and mortality of wildlife species. Analysis of TMJ disorders is therefore of interest for the characterization of the health status of populations of wild mammals. This paper, for the first time, analyses the prevalence of TMJ osteoarthri ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12917-018-1473-5
PubMed:
29716601
PubMed Central:
PMC5930511

9. Parasites in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German Wadden Sea between two Phocine Distemper Virus epidemics

Author:
K. Lehnert; J. A. Raga; U. Siebert
Source:
Helgoland marine research 2007 v.61 no.4 pp. 239-245
ISSN:
1438-387X
Subject:
die-off; Contracaecum; Filaroididae; bronchopneumonia; Acanthocheilonema; heart; heartworms; ectoparasites; respiratory system; intestines; coasts; stomach; Anoplura; Phoca vitulina; disease outbreaks; lungworms; Pseudoterranova decipiens; seals; Crenosomatidae; Phocine morbillivirus; Acanthocephala; North Sea; Germany
Abstract:
... Parasites were collected from 107 harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) found on the coasts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, between 1997 and 2000. The prevalence of the parasites and their associated pathology were investigated. Eight species of parasites, primarily nematodes, were identified from the examined organs: two anisakid nematodes (Pseudoterranova decipiens (sensu lato), Contracaecum osculatum ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10152-007-0072-9

10. Patterns of Stranding and Mortality in Common Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) in The Netherlands between 1979 and 2008

Author:
N. Osinga; M.M. Shahi Ferdous; D. Morick; M. García Hartmann; J.A. Ulloa; L. Vedder; H.A. Udo de Haes; P.M. Brakefield; A.D.M.E. Osterhaus; T. Kuiken
Source:
Journal of comparative pathology 2012 v.147 no.4 pp. 550-565
ISSN:
0021-9975
Subject:
humans; monitoring; distemper; seals; surveys; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; bronchopneumonia; disease outbreaks; Halichoerus grypus; mortality; pups; death; bycatch; databases; starvation; Netherlands
Abstract:
... Pathological examination of stranded marine mammals provides information on the causes of mortality in their populations. Patterns of stranding and causes of death of dead-stranded seals on the Dutch coast were analyzed over a 30-year period (1979–2008). Stranding data (n=1,286) and post-mortem data (n=379) from common seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) found dead, or that ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.04.001
PubMed:
22632685

11. Phocine distemper virus (PDV) seroprevalence as predictor for future outbreaks in harbour seals

Author:
Eva Ludes-Wehrmeister; Claudia Dupke; Timm C. Harder; Wolfgang Baumgärtner; Ludwig Haas; Jonas Teilmann; Rune Dietz; Lasse F. Jensen; Ursula Siebert
Source:
Veterinary microbiology 2016 v.183 pp. 43-49
ISSN:
0378-1135
Subject:
blood serum; neutralization tests; marine mammals; seroprevalence; antibodies; Influenza A virus; Canine morbillivirus; epizootic diseases; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; disease outbreaks; population density; mortality; pathogens; North Sea
Abstract:
... Phocine distemper virus (PDV) infections caused the two most pronounced mass mortalities in marine mammals documented in the past century. During the two outbreaks, 23,000 and 30,000 harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), died in 1988/1989 and 2002 across populations in the Wadden Sea and adjacent waters, respectively. To follow the mechanism and development of disease spreading, the dynamics of Morbilli ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.11.017

12. Quantitative Analysis of the 2002 Phocine Distemper Epidemic in The Netherlands

Author:
J. M. Rijks; F. L. Read; M. W. G. van de Bildt; H. G. van Bolhuis; B. E. E. Martina; J. A. Wagenaar; K. van der Meulen; A. D. M. E. Osterhaus; T. Kuiken
Source:
Veterinary pathology v.45 no.4 pp. 516-530
ISSN:
1544-2217
Subject:
diagnostic techniques; elderly; blubber; distemper; lungs; tissue weight; Bordetella bronchiseptica; animal age; immunoglobulin G; brain; pneumonia; coasts; mixed infection; complications (disease); bacterial infections; temporal variation; lesions (animal); quantitative analysis; Phoca vitulina; disease outbreaks; immune response; kidneys; histopathology; dehydration (animal physiology); seals; pulmonary emphysema; Phocine morbillivirus; disease course; North Sea; Netherlands
Abstract:
... Phocine distemper virus (PDV) caused thousands of deaths among harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the North Sea in 1988 and 2002. To examine the effects of different factors on the pathology of phocine distemper, we performed necropsies and laboratory analyses on 369 harbor seals that stranded along the Dutch coast during the 2002 PDV epidemic. Diagnostic tests for morbillivirus infection indicate ...
DOI:
10.1354/vp.45-4-516
PubMed:
18587100

13. Relatedness of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains isolated from harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) of various origins of the North Sea during 1988-2005

Author:
Akineden, O.; Alber, J.; Lammler, C.; Weiss, R.; Siebert, U.; Foster, G.; Tougaard, S.; Brasseur, S.M.J.M.; Reijnders, P.J.H.
Source:
Veterinary microbiology 2007 v.121 no.1-2 pp. 158-162
ISSN:
0378-1135
Subject:
epidemiological studies; bacterial infections; strain differences; phylogeny; longitudinal studies; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; disease outbreaks; Halichoerus grypus; Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus; sequence homology; seals; animal diseases; North Sea
Abstract:
... The present study was designed to identify 15 beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated during a period between 1988 and 2005 from nine harbour seals and six grey seals from various origins of the North Sea. All isolates were identified as Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. The bacteria were additionally investigated for relatedness by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of PCR ampl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.11.015

14. Saxitoxin increases phocine distemper virus replication upon in-vitro infection in harbor seal immune cells

Author:
Andrea L. Bogomolni; Anna L. Bass; Spencer Fire; Lindsay Jasperse; Milton Levin; Ole Nielsen; Gordon Waring; Sylvain De Guise
Source:
Harmful algae 2016 v.51 pp. 89-96
ISSN:
1568-9883
Subject:
algal blooms; infectious diseases; dolphins; neurotoxicity; T-lymphocytes; algae; seals; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; viruses; immunotoxicity; virus replication; lymphocyte proliferation; mortality; Northeastern United States
Abstract:
... Several marine mammal epizootics have been closely linked to infectious diseases, as well as to the biotoxins produced by harmful algal blooms (HABs). In two of three saxitoxin (STX) associated mortality events, dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) or phocine distemper virus (PDV) was isolated in affected individuals. While STX is notorious for its neurotoxicity, immunotoxic effects have also been describe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.hal.2015.10.013

15. Seal dynamics on the Swedish west coast: Scenarios of competition as Baltic grey seal intrude on harbour seal territory

Author:
Carl Johan Svensson
Source:
Journal of sea research 2012 v.71 no. pp. 9-13
ISSN:
1385-1101
Subject:
parasites; mixing; seals; models; Phoca vitulina; Phocine morbillivirus; disease outbreaks; interspecific competition; Pseudoterranova decipiens; Halichoerus grypus; coasts; population growth; population size; cod (fish); predation; habitats; pups; pathogens; Baltic Sea; Sweden
Abstract:
... The Kattegat–Skagerrak region on the Swedish west coast is home to an abundant harbour seal population (Phoca vitulina) and a small scattered grey seal population (Halichoerus grypus). In addition, grey seal from the growing population in the Baltic Sea frequently migrate into the Kattegat–Skagerrak. Harbour seals on the west coast of Sweden show relatively high population growth (approximately 9% ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.seares.2012.03.005

16. Structural characterisation of Toll-like receptor 1 (TLR1) and Toll-like receptor 6 (TLR6) in elephant and harbor seals

Author:
Sally Woodman; Amanda J. Gibson; Ana Rubio García; Guillermo Sanchez Contreras; John W. Rossen; Dirk Werling; Victoria Offord
Source:
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology 2016 v.169 pp. 10-14
ISSN:
0165-2427
Subject:
Mirounga; endangered species; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; marine mammals; population dynamics; Brucella; risk; Toll-like receptor 6; methicillin; bacterial infections; pathogens; Phoca vitulina; disease outbreaks; mortality; antibiotic resistance; innate immunity; Influenza A virus; environmental health; Phocine morbillivirus; vaccine adjuvants; Toll-like receptor 1
Abstract:
... Pinnipeds are a diverse clade of semi-aquatic mammals, which act as key indicators of ecosystem health. Their transition from land to marine environments provides a complex microbial milieu, making them vulnerable to both aquatic and terrestrial pathogens, thereby contributing to pinniped population decline. Indeed, viral pathogens such as influenza A virus and phocine distemper virus (PDV) have b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vetimm.2015.11.006

17. Variation in European harbour seal immune response genes and susceptibility to phocine distemper virus (PDV)

Author:
Alex J. McCarthy; Marie-Anne Shaw; Paul D. Jepson; Sophie M.J.M. Brasseur; Peter J.H. Reijnders; Simon J. Goodman
Source:
Infection, genetics, and evolution 2011 v.11 no.7 pp. 1616-1623
ISSN:
1567-1348
Subject:
receptors; viruses; gene frequency; disease resistance; interleukin-10; carnivores; introns; interleukin-8; evolution; models; Phoca vitulina; disease outbreaks; immune response; exons; mortality; seals; wildlife; loci; Phocine morbillivirus; genomics; genetic variation; interleukin-4; United Kingdom
Abstract:
... Phocine distemper virus (PDV) has caused two mass mortalities of European harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in recent decades. Levels of mortality varied considerably among European populations in both the 1988 and 2002 epidemics, with higher mortality in continental European populations in comparison to UK populations. High levels of genetic differentiation at neutral makers among seal populations a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.002
PubMed:
21712101

18. Viral protein expression and phenotyping of inflammatory responses in the central nervous system of phocine distemper virus-infected harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

Author:
Stimmer, Lev; Siebert, Ursula; Wohlsein, Peter; Fontaine, Jean-Jacques; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang; Beineke, Andreas
Source:
Veterinary microbiology 2010 v.145 no.1-2 pp. 23-33
ISSN:
0378-1135
Subject:
T-lymphocytes; distemper; encephalitis; nucleic acid hybridization; phenotype; immunohistochemistry; macrophages; gene expression; wild animals; central nervous system; messenger RNA; neurons; wildlife diseases; Phoca vitulina; major histocompatibility complex; histopathology; protein synthesis; neuroglia; inflammation; Phocine morbillivirus; viral proteins
Abstract:
... The central nervous system (CNS) represents an important target organ of the phocine distemper virus (PDV). The aim of the present study was to characterize pathological changes in the CNS of harbor seals suffering from natural PDV-infection. The distribution of virus protein and mRNA was investigated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization, respectively. In addition, inflammatory ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.02.034