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Published in final edited form as: Int J Parasitol. 2009 Jun 13;39(12):1363–1372. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.014

Table 1.

Stranding data and test results for three sea otters with putative Sarcocystis neurona tissue cysts in brain tissue.

Otter number	Sex/ age	Strand date	Stranded alive/dead	IFAT titer: TG^a	IFAT titer: SN^a	Parasite isolation	Histopathology		IHC^a (Brain)	PCR^a (Brain)	TEM^a (Brain)
Otter number	Sex/ age	Strand date	Stranded alive/dead	IFAT titer: TG^a	IFAT titer: SN^a	Parasite isolation	Brain	Muscle	IHC^a (Brain)	PCR^a (Brain)	TEM^a (Brain)
1	Male/ adult	22 April 2004	Alive	81,920	10,240	SN, lost early^b	SN	SN	SN	SN	SN
2	Male/ adult	19 April 2004	Dead	81,920	10,240	TG	SN	SN	SN, TG	SN, TG	ND^a
3	Male/ subadult	10 April 2004	Dead	320	81,920	SN	SN	SN	SN	SN	ND

IFAT = indirect fluorescent antibody test, TG = Findings consistent with Toxoplasma gondii, SN = Findings consistent with S. neurona, IHC = immunohistochemistry, PCR = PCR + restriction length polymorphisms and sequencing of ITS1 and SnSAG3 genomic DNA, TEM = transmission electron microscopy, ND = not done.

Otter was treated for 5 weeks with antiprotozoal medication (Ponazuril 5 mg/kg orally once daily) priorto euthanasia.