| identification of a bartonella species in the harbor seal (phoca vitulina) and in seal lice (echinophtirius horridus). | to explore whether harbor seals (phoca vitulina) are exposed to bartonella spp., 35 seal lice (echinophtirius horridus) were collected from seven seals, during their rehabilitation period in the seal rehabilitation and research center at pieterburen, the netherlands. forty-eight spleen samples were collected during necropsies of other harbor seals that died during rehabilitation, or had stranded dead and were brought to the seal rehabilitation and research center for postmortem investigation. li ... | 2009 | 19402763 |
| scanning electron microscopy of echinophthirius horridus (von olfers), antarctophthirus callorhini (osborn), and proechinophthirius fluctus (ferris) with emphasis on the antennal structures (anoplura: echinophthiriidae). | | 1971 | 5090977 |
| prevalence and intensity of the ectoparasite echinophthirius horridus on harbour seals (phoca vitulina): effects of host age and inter-annual variability in host food availability. | the epidemiology of the sucking lice echinophthirius horridus was studied over a 4 year period in which their harbour seal hosts experienced marked inter-annual changes in food availability. prevalence and intensity of infection varied in relation to host age but not sex. burdens were highest on immature seals, but both prevalence and intensity of infection were significantly higher in years when food availability was low. observed intra-population variations in ectoparasite dynamics suggested t ... | 1998 | 9820861 |
| phocid seals, seal lice and heartworms: a terrestrial host-parasite system conveyed to the marine environment. | adaptation of pinnipeds to the marine habitat imposed parallel evolutions in their parasites. ancestral pinnipeds must have harboured sucking lice, which were ancestors of the seal louse echinophthirius horridus. the seal louse is one of the few insects that successfully adjusted to the marine environment. adaptations such as keeping an air reservoir and the ability to hold on to and move on the host were necessary, as well as an adjustment of their life cycle to fit the diving habits of their h ... | 2007 | 18062474 |
| [echinophthirius horridus (olfers, 1816) (anoplura) rare parasite on seals]. | e. horridus of the anoplura species was noted for the second time in poland on a grey seal. | 2001 | 16894733 |