Herpesvirus infection with severe lymphoid necrosis affecting a beaked whale stranded in the Canary Islands

This report describes the pathologic findings in a single, adult female Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris stranded in the Canary Islands. The study indicated that this whale died with a severe, systemic, herpesviral infection and clearly exhibited lesions different from those of the fat and gas embolic syndrome described in beaked whale mass strandings associated with sonar exposure. This is the first report of a cetacean alphaherpesvirus infection of the lymphoid system in a beaked whale. © Inter-Research 2010.

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Main Authors: Arbelo, M., Sierra, E., Esperón, F., Watanabe, T. T. N., Bellière, E. N., De Los Monteros, A. E., Fernández, A.
Format: journal article biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/1485
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