State Scientific Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vektor", Koltsovo, Novosibirsk region; Institute of Biologic Problems of the North, Magadan; Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Institute of Geography, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russia; National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, USA
Presence of antibodies to morbilliviruses, Toxoplasma, and Brucella species in eared seals in North-West of Pacific Ocean was studied. Sera from 189 cubs of eared seals from different rookeries and regions. It has been shown that 10 — 22% of cubs living on Russian coast have antibodies to such dangerous diseases as morbil-livirus infection, brucellosis, and toxoplasmosis. Antibodies to the two pathogens were detected in several ani-mals, and brucellosis was more frequently detected associated infection. These results confirm hypothesis that all 3 pathogens are enzootic in eared seals population.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 1, P. 63—65