Brucella ceti Infection in Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 We describe Brucella sp. infection and associated lesions in a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) found on the coast of Belgium. The infection was diagnosed by immunohistochemistry, transmission electron microscopy, and bacteriology, and the organism ...
Thierry P. Jauniaux +9 more
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Maternal–Fetal Transmission of Cryptococcus gattii in Harbor Porpoise [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To the Editor: We report maternal–fetal transmission of Cryptococcus gattii and death in a wild porpoise. Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are 2 environmental, encapsulated yeasts that cause invasive, potentially life-threatening infections in humans and animals (1). C. neoformans causes disease in immunocompromised hosts, and C.
Stephanie A. Norman +6 more
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Natural History and Exploitation of the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus, 1758) during the Neolithic (ca. 4000–2000 cal. BC) in the Eastern Baltic Region [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Compared with the history of seals in the Baltic Sea, the porpoise has received much less research attention. The harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) has been quite rare in the eastern Baltic in recent centuries, but according to archaeological finds ...
Lembi Lõugas, Valdis Bērziņš
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in a Harbor Porpoise, Sweden [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We found highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b associated with meningoencephalitis in a stranded harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). The virus was closely related to strains responsible for a concurrent avian influenza outbreak
Elina Thorsson +5 more
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Harbor Porpoise Deaths Associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the Netherlands, 2021 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 In August 2021, a large-scale mortality event affected harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Netherlands. Pathology and ancillary testing of 22 animals indicated that the most likely cause of death was Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection.
Lonneke L. IJsseldijk +13 more
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Visual deprivation induces a stronger dive response in a harbor porpoise [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary: The dive response allows marine mammals to perform prolonged breath-hold dives to access rich marine prey resources. Via dynamic adjustments of peripheral vasoconstriction and bradycardia, oxygen consumption can be tailored to breath-hold ...
Ciska Bakkeren +5 more
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Spatially Explicit Analysis of Genome-Wide SNPs Detects Subtle Population Structure in a Mobile Marine Mammal, the Harbor Porpoise. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The population structure of the highly mobile marine mammal, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), in the Atlantic shelf waters follows a pattern of significant isolation-by-distance.
Ljerka Lah +13 more
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A global checklist of the parasites of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena, a critically-endangered species, including new findings from the Baltic Sea [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 The common harbor porpoise is a widely-distributed marine mammal with three known subspecies, including P. phocoena phocoena, with a clearly distinct and critically endangered (CR) subpopulation from the Baltic Sea (Baltic Proper).
Joanna Dzido +5 more
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Is Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Exhaled Breath Sampling Suitable for Hormonal Assessments? [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Over the last decades, exhaled breath sampling has been established for laboratory analysis in various cetacean species. Due to their small size, the usability of respiratory vapor for hormone assessments was questionable in harbor porpoises (Phocoena ...
Anja Reckendorf +6 more
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Age and lunar cycle predict harbor porpoise bycatch in the south-western Baltic Sea [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is the only cetacean regularly occurring in the Baltic Sea. During the last decades, several anthropogenic activities have affected porpoises in the Baltic region.
Dennis Brennecke +3 more
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