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RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY FOR PATHOGENS IN STRANDED MARINE MAMMALS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: BRUCELLA SPP. INFECTION IN A CLYMENE DOLPHIN (STENELLA CLYMENE)

2017; Wildlife Disease Association; Volume: 54; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7589/2017-03-050

ISSN

1943-3700

Autores

Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Jean Carlos Ramos Silva, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Joana Ikeda, Ernesto F. C. Foppel, Gláucia Pereira de Sousa, Augusto C. Bôaviagem-Freire, Rodrigo Martins Soares, Thalita Faita, Maria Cryskely Agra Batinga, Lara Borges Keid,

Tópico(s)

Bartonella species infections research

Resumo

: We surveyed 13 carcasses of marine mammals (12 Trichechus manatus and one Stenella clymene) that had stranded in northeastern Brazil during 1990–2013 for infectious diseases by screening tissues from the collection of the Brazilian National Center of Research and Conservation of Aquatic Mammal, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. Brucella spp. and Mycobacterium spp. were investigated by culturing and PCR of tissue samples, whereas Sarcocystidae parasites, Leptospira spp., and Morbillivirus were surveyed for using specific PCR assays. Brucella spp. and Mycobacterium spp. were not isolated through microbiologic culturing, and all animals were negative for detection of Sarcocystidae parasites, Leptospira spp., Mycobacterium spp., and Morbillivirus by PCR assays. All manatees were negative for Brucella spp. infection, but Brucella ceti was detected in the brain tissue of an S. clymene calf by using a PCR assay.

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