Publications
| isolation of brucella pinnipedialis from grey seals (halichoerus grypus) in the baltic sea. | brucella infection in seals was reported for the first time in 1994 around the coast of scotland. since then, marine mammal brucella infections were found to be widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. two brucella species affect marine mammals: brucella pinnipedialis in pinnipeds and brucella ceti in cetaceans. we examined the livers of baltic grey seals (halichoerus grypus) from the finnish coast (n=122) hunted, found dead, or killed as by-catch in fishing gear in 2013-15 as part of popu ... | 2017 | 28715291 |
| emergence of the zoonotic biliary trematode pseudamphistomum truncatum in grey seals (halichoerus grypus) in the baltic sea. | the biliary trematode pseudamphistomum truncatum parasitizes a wide range of fish-eating mammals, including humans. here we report the emergence of this parasite in grey seals (halichoerus grypus) in the baltic sea. one hundred eighty-three of 1 554 grey seals (11.9%) examined from 2002-2013 had detectable hepatobiliary trematode infection. parasite identification was confirmed as p. truncatum by sequencing the its2 region of a pool of five to 10 trematodes from each of ten seals collected off t ... | 2016 | 27755567 |