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THE HELMINTH FAUNA OF CHILE: IV. NEMATODES OF THE GENERA Anisakis DUJARDIN, 1845 AND Phocanema MYERS, 1954 IN RELATION WITH GASTRIC ULCERS IN A SOUTH AMERICAN SEA LION, Otaria byronia
1 Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias Básicas, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, USA
3 Ecologiá, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Sed Santiago Sur. Universidad de Chile, Classificado 1144, Santiago, Chile
A gastric ulcer was diagnosed in a South American Sea Lion, Otario byronia, captured along the northern coast of Chile. Species of Anisakis and Phocanema were found to be associated with the lesions. A discussion of the histopathologic damage observed is presented, along with probable etiology of the ulcer.
Submitted on February 13, 1976
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