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Isolation of Brucella species from cetaceans, seals and an otter
- Source :
- Veterinary Record. 138:583-586
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1996.
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Abstract
- Brucella organisms which differed from the recognised species of the genus, were isolated from nine seals, eight cetaceans and one otter. A method is described for the isolation of Brucella species from sea mammals and the first isolations of Brucella species are recorded from an Atlantic white-sided dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus acutus ), two striped dolphins ( Stenella coeuleoalba ), a hooded seal ( Cystophora cristata ), a grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) and a European otter ( Lutra lutra ). There were differences in the culture media required for the primary isolation of the organisms and in their dependency on carbon dioxide. Subcutaneous lesions, when present, always yielded a confluent growth. The organisms were isolated from seven of 14 spleen samples and also from the mammary glands, uterus, testes and blood and the mandibular, gastric, iliac, sub-lumbar and colorectal lymph nodes.
- Subjects :
- Male
General Veterinary
Seals, Earless
Ecology
Dolphins
Incidence
European otter
Zoology
Brucella pinnipedialis
General Medicine
Biology
Stenella
biology.organism_classification
Brucella
Brucellosis
Otter
Cystophora cristata
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Scotland
biology.animal
Brucella ceti
Animals
Female
Lutra
Otters
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00424900
- Volume :
- 138
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Veterinary Record
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....399e465cd456dd443872c903887efbf6
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.138.24.583