Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Research
Sealpox Virus in Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Facilities, North America, 2007–2009
Amira Roess1, Rebecca Levine, Laura Barth, Benjamin Monroe, Darin Carroll, Inger Damon, and Mary Reynolds
Table 2
Outcome of sealpox infection among 23 pinnipeds at 9 marine mammal rehabilitation facilities, North America, 2007–2009
| Characteristic | Outcome of infection, no. animals |
Total no. animals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illness resolved | Animal died or was euthanized | Unknown | ||
| Species | ||||
| California sea lion | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Gray seal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Northern elephant seal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Harbor seal | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Male | ||||
| Pup, <1 y of age | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Adult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Female | ||||
| Pup | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Adult | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Time of lesion development | ||||
| At admission to facility | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| <5 wk after admission | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| >5 wk after admission | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Health status | ||||
| Diseased | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Malnourished | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Injured plus malnourished or diseased | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
1Current affiliation: George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
