Herpesvirus infection with severe lymphoid necrosis affecting a beaked whale stranded in the Canary Islands

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Fernando Esperón¹  Edwige N. Bellière¹  Manuel Arbelo¹  Antonio Fernández¹  Eva Sierra¹  Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros¹  Tatiane T. N. Watanabe¹ 

关键词: Beaked whale;    Herpes virus;    Lymphoid system;   

DOI  :  10.3354/dao02208

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: This report describes the pathologic findings in a single, adult female Cuvier’s beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris stranded in the Canary Islands. The study indicated that this whale died with a severe, systemic, herpesviral infection and clearly exhibited lesions different from those of the fat and gas embolic syndrome described in beaked whale mass strandings associated with sonar exposure. This is the first report of a cetacean alphaherpesvirus infection of the lymphoid system in a beaked whale.

【 授权许可】

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