Veterinary Record (2001)
Sera from 58 odontocetes taken in fisheries off Peru in 1993 to 1995 and from 24-cetaceans stranded along the Spanish coast of the Mediterranean in 1997 to 1999 were tested…
The occurrence of Stenurus australis Tantalean and Sarmiento, 1991 (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in the porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister,1865) on the southern coast of Chile
Torres, Patricio; Cortes, Patricio; Oporto, Jorge A.; Brieva, Lila; Silva, Ricardo
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (1994)
(...) In this study the presence of S. australis in P. spinipinnis is recorded for the first time on the Chilean coast. Previously, this species had only been registered from…
A review of virus infections of cetaceans and the potential impact of morbilliviruses, poxviruses and papillomaviruses on host population dynamics
Van Bressem, M. F.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Raga, J. A.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (1999)
Viruses belonging to 9 families have been detected in cetaceans. We critically review the clinical features, pathology and epidemiology of the diseases they cause. Cetacean morbillivirus (family Paramyxoviridae) induces a…
Histopathological aspects and etiology of pneumonias in stranded marine mammals from Lima, Peru
Gonzales-Viera, Omar; Chavera, Alfonso; Yaipén-Llanos, Carlos; Perales-Camacho, Rosa
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology (2011)
This study presents the histopathologic features of pneumonia in stranded marine mammals on the coast of Lima, Peru during the period of May 2003 to December 2008. Lung samples of…
Genital warts in Burmeister’s porpoises: Characterization of Phocoena spinipinnis papillomavirus type 1 (PsPV-1) and evidence for a second, distantly related PsPV
Van Bressem, M.-F.; Cassonnet, P.; Rector, A.; Desaintes, C.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Van Ranst, M.; Orth, G.
Journal of General Virology (2007)
We identified sequences from two distantly related papillomaviruses in genital warts from two Burmeister's porpoises, including a PV antigen-positive specimen, and characterized Phocoena spinipinnis papillomavirus type 1 (PsPV-1). The PsPV-1…
Small cetacean captures in Peruvian artisanal fisheries: High despite protective legislation
Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Cáceres, Celia; Bearhop, Stuart; Witt, Matthew J.; Godley, Brendan J.
Biological Conservation (2010)
We detail the first direct, at sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian artisanal drift gillnet and longline fisheries. A total of 253 small cetaceans were captured during 66…
Histological investigations on the thyroid glands of marine mammals (Phoca vitulina, Phocoena phocoena) and the possible implications of marine pollution
Schumacher, U.; Zahler, S.; Horny, H.-P.; Heidemann, G.; Skirnisson, K.; Welsch, U.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases (1993)
In 1988 and 1989, thousands of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) died in the North Sea from phocine distemper infection. The morphology of thyroid glands from 40 harbor seals found dead…
Evidence of Poxvirus in dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) and Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) from coastal Peru
Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Reyes, Julio C.; Dekegel, Daniel; Pastoret, Paul-Pierre
Journal of Wildlife Diseases (1993)
In 1990, 74 dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) and 10 Burmeister's porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis) were examined for the presence of hyperpigmented marks and pinhole lesions on the skin (tattoo lesions) at…
Orthopoxvirus neutralising antibodies in small cetaceans from the Southeast Pacific
Van Bressem, M.-F.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Bennett, M.
Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Mamm. (2006)
(...) The study reported here was carried out in 1993-1997 when very few data were available on cetacean poxviruses. On the basis of the brick-shaped morphology of cetacean poxviruses (Van…
Isolation of culturable aerobic bacteria and evidence of Kerstersia gyiorum from the blowhole of captive Yangtze finless porpoises
Wan, Xiaoling; McLaughlin, Richard William; Zhou, Junying; Hao, Yujiang; Zheng, Jinsong; Wang, Ding
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016)
Bacterial respiratory illnesses are problematic in aquatic mammals such as the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis; YFP), which is now at a critically endangered status. Yet little is known…