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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 13(4), 1977, pp. 338-340
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PREVALENCE OF Pharurus pallasii IN THE BELUGA WHALE (Delphinapterus leucas) OF CHURCHILL RIVER BASIN, MANITOBA

ALAN J. KENYON 1 and BONNIE J. KENYON 1

1 Sloan-Kettering Division, Biology Unit, Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical Science, Walker Laboratory, Rye, New York 10580, USA

Eight of 9 beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Churchill River Basin were infected with Pharurus pallasii. The age range of infected whales was from under 1 year to 30 years. All adult infected animals had a large number of parasites in the accessory sinus, together with variable degrees of pulmonary granulomatous response. Histopathologic examination of lung revealed little host response to adult P. pallasii, but a strong inflammatory reaction to larval structures. Within the head, P. pallasii were found in the accessory sinus, ear canal and cerebral spinal fluid.

Submitted on April 13, 1977






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