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SUBMITTER: Britt-Marie B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Britt-Marie Bäcklin B Sara Persson P Suzanne Faxneld F Frank Rigét F RF Anna Roos M RM
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20211015 10
The prevalence of intestinal ulcers and parasites was investigated in 2172 grey seals (<i>Halichoerus grypus</i>) collected in the Baltic Sea and 49 grey seals collected outside the Baltic Sea (i.e., the Atlantic). An increase in frequency of ileocaeco-colonic ulcers was observed in the early 1980s, followed by a decrease in the mid-1990s. At the same time, there was an increase followed by a decrease in brominated flame retardants, Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and cadmium levels in herri ...[more]