Journal of Comparative Pathology (2008)
Brucellosis is reported increasingly in marine mammals and the marine species of Brucella are capable of causing community acquired zoonotic infections in humans as well as abortion in cattle as…
Parasites in stranded cetaceans of Patagonia
Berón-Vera, Bárbara; Crespo, Enrique A.; Raga, Juan A.
Journal of Parasitology (2008)
There is an increasing interest in parasites of marine mammals of Argentina. Here, we examined several poorly known cetaceans, i.e., 2 spectacled porpoises and 1 Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoenidae), and 1…
Microparasites and their potential impact on the population dynamics of small cetaceans from South America: A brief review
Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Raga, Juan Antonio; Barrett, Thomas; Siciliano, Salvatore; Di Beneditto, Ana Paula; Crespo, Enrique; Van Waerebeek, Koen
Scientific Committee Meeting Documents (2007)
We briefly review the pathology, epidemiology and molecular biology of cetacean viruses (including morbilli, papilloma and pox) and Brucella spp. encountered in South America. Antibodies against cetacean morbillivirus were detected…
Cytokines and acute phase proteins as markers for infection in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Fonfara, S.; Siebert, U.; Prange, A.
Marine Mammal Sci (2007)
(...) Impairment of immune function and inflammatory incidences in marine mammals are generally difficult to detect (King et al. 1996, Zeneto-Savin et al. 1997, Funke et al. 2003). Therefore, markers…
A preliminary overview of skin and skeletal diseases and traumata in small cetaceans from South American waters
Van Bressem, M.-F.; Reyes, J. C.; Félix, F.; Echegaray, M.; Siciliano, S.; Di Beneditto, A. P.; Flach, L.; Viddi, F.; Avila, I. C.; Herrera, J. C.; Tobón, I. C.; Bolaños-Jiménez, J.; Moreno, I. B.; Ott, P. H.; Sanino, G. P.; Castineira, E.; Montes, D.; Crespo, E.; Flores, P. A. C.; Haase, B.; Souza, S. M. F. M.; Laeta, M.; Fragoso, A. B.
Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Mamm. (2007)
We succinctly review and document new cases of diseases of the skin and the skeletal system and external traumata in cetaceans from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and…
Increased blood interleukin-10 mRNA levels in diseased free-ranging harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Beineke, Andreas; Siebert, Ursula; Müller, Gundi; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology (2007)
Harbor porpoises from the North and Baltic Seas exhibit a higher incidence of bacterial infections compared to whales from less polluted arctic waters. Toxicological analysis revealed an association between elevated…
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…
Genetic drift vs. natural selection in a long-term small isolated population: major histocompatibility complex class II variation in the Gulf of California endemic porpoise (Phocoena sinus)
MUNGUIA-VEGA, ADRIAN; ESQUER-GARRIGOS, YARELI; ROJAS-BRACHO, LORENZO; VAZQUEZ-JUAREZ, RICARDO; CASTRO-PRIETO, AINES; FLORES-RAMIREZ, SERGIO
Molecular Ecology (2007)
Although many studies confirm long-term small isolated populations (e.g. island endemics) commonly sustain low neutral genetic variation as a result of genetic drift, it is less clear how selection on…
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…
Pathological findings in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Norwegian and Icelandic waters
Siebert, U.; Tolley, K.; Víkingsson, G. A.; Ólafsdottir, D.; Lehnert, K.; Weiss, R.; Baumgärtner, W.
Journal of Comparative Pathology (2006)
A study of 37 by-caught harbour porpoises from Icelandic and Norwegian waters showed that most were in good or moderate nutritional condition and none was severely emaciated. Mild infection with…