Cetacean strandings in Italy: an unusual mortality event along the Tyrrhenian Sea coast in 2013

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Annalisa Guercio¹  Fabio Di Nocera¹  Alessandra Pautasso¹  Cristiano Cocumelli¹  Letizia Marsili¹  Antonella Cersini¹  Santo Caracappa¹  Alessia Franco¹  Roberto Puleio¹  Antonio Pintore¹  0¹  Gianni Pavan¹  Giuseppe Lucifora¹  Sandro Mazzariol¹  Giovanni Di Guardo¹  Gianluca Fichi¹  Esterina De Carlo¹  Claudia Eleni¹  Cristina Casalone¹  Ciriaco Ligios¹  Michela Podest๠ Maria Goria¹ 

关键词: Cetacean;    Unusual mortality event;    Dolphin;    Morbillivirus;    Marine mammal;    Stranding;   

DOI  :  10.3354/dao02726

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: An unusual mortality event involving cetaceans, mainly striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833), occurred along the Tyrrhenian Sea coast of Italy during the first 3 mo of 2013. Based on post-mortem analyses carried out according to body condition on 66 dolphins (54% of stranded animals), several hypotheses to explain the causes of this mortality event were proposed. Although no definitive conclusions can be drawn, dolphin morbillivirus was deemed the most likely cause, although other infectious agents (including Photobacterium damselae damselae and herpesvirus) or environmental factors may also have contributed to this recent mortality event.

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