| Literature DB >> 11945003 |
L González1, I A Patterson, R J Reid, G Foster, M Barberán, J M Blasco, S Kennedy, F E Howie, J Godfroid, A P MacMillan, A Schock, D Buxton.
Abstract
A chronic, non-suppurative meningoencephalitis was found in three young striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) during routine neuropathological examination of marine mammals live-stranded on the Scottish coast. In all three dolphins the lesions were associated with the isolation of a Brucella sp. from the brain and with the immunohistochemical detection of brucella antigen. Moreover, antibodies to Brucella spp. were detected in the two dolphins that were subjected to serological examination. Immunohistochemical and serological examinations for morbillivirus antigen and antibodies, respectively, were negative in all cases. Although brucella infection of marine mammals has been extensively documented in recent years, its association with lesions and disease is less well recognized. The present report provides the first description of an association between Brucella sp. infection and neuropathological changes in a cetacean species. Copyright Harcourt Publishers Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 11945003 DOI： 10.1053/jcpa.2001.0535
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Comp Pathol ISSN： 0021-9975 Impact factor: 1.311