multisystemic toxoplasmosis associated with a type ii-like toxoplasma gondii strain in a new zealand fur seal (arctocephalus forsteri) from new south wales, australia. | we report the first confirmed case of toxoplasmosis in an australian pinniped. presence of toxoplasma gondii dna was detected in the brain of a free-ranging subadult new zealand fur seal (arctocephalus forsteri) with nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis, hypophysitis, posterior uveitis, retrobulbar cellulitis, and myocarditis associated with protozoan cysts and tachyzoites. the emaciated seal stranded moribund on a beach in northern sydney in new south wales. histopathology coupled with specific i ... | 2014 | 25123611 |