Treatment of Respiratory Failure Secondary to Parafilaroides decorus in a Beached California Sea Lion
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Michael K. MacDonald; Leslie A. Dierauf
California Marine Mammal Center, Fort Cronkhite, CA

A beached, juvenile California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) was found to be in severe respiratory failure.

Radiographs, blood, sputum and fecal exams confirmed the diagnosis of Parafilaroides decorus with a diffuse secondary bacterial pneumonia.

Inhalation therapy with bronchodilators and mucolytic agents combined with antibiotics and anthelmintics will be discussed; serial radiographs taken during rehabilitation will be presented.

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Leslie A. Dierauf, VMD

Michael K. Mac Donald, MD


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