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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Dispatch

Neospora caninum Infection in Marine Mammals Stranding in Northeastern Pacific Ocean Region

Stephen A. Raverty, Pádraig Duignan, Dyanna M. Lambourn, Paul Cottrell, Verena A. Gill1, Pamela Tuomi, Lorraine Barbosa, Brendan Cottrell, Spencer L. Magargal, Amanda K. Gibson, Elizabeth R. Zhang, and Michael E. GriggComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Animal Health Center, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (S.A. Raverty); The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California, USA (P. Duignan, L. Barbosa); University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (P. Duignan); Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lakewood, Washington, USA (D.M. Lambourn); Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (P. Cottrell); US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (V.A. Gill); Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska, USA (P. Tuomi); McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (B. Cottrell); National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (S.L. Magargal, A.K. Gibson, E.R. Zhang, M.E. Grigg)

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Figure 1

Stranding locations and animal species in study of Neospora caninum infection in marine mammals stranding in the northeastern Pacific Ocean region. NES, northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris); CSL, California sea lion (Zalophus californianus); HS, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina); GFS, Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi); SSL, Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); SO, sea otter (Enhydra lutris).

Figure 1. Stranding locations and animal species in study of Neospora caninum infection in marine mammals stranding in the northeastern Pacific Ocean region. NES, northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris); CSL, California sea lion (Zalophus californianus); HS, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina); GFS, Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi); SSL, Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); SO, sea otter (Enhydra lutris).

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1Current affiliation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, PRD/Alaska Region, US Department of Commerce, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

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