Occurrence of Taenia solium in a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

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De Graaf, A .S.
Shaughnessy, P. D.
McCully, R.M.
Verster, Anna J.M.

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria.

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The larval stage of Taenia solium was recovered from the brain, skeletal muscles, heart, lungs and liver of a Cape fur seal collected near Cape Town. This is apparently the second record of the larval stage of this cestode in a marine mammal.

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Veterinary medicine

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De Graaf, AS, Shaughnessy, PD, McCully, RM & Verster, A 1980, 'Occurrence of Taenia solium in a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 119-120.