The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) faecal microbiota [PDF]
Cetaceans have evolved from herbivorous terrestrial artiodactyls closely related to ruminants and hippopotamuses. Delphinidae, a family included in this order, represent an extreme and successful re-adaptation of mammalian physiology to the marine habitat and piscivorous diet.
SOVERINI, MATTEO +11 more
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Coinfection by Ureaplasma spp., Photobacterium damselae and an Actinomyces-like microorganism in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with pleuropneumonia stranded along the Adriatic coast of Italy [PDF]
A case of pleuropneumonia is reported in an adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded in 2014 along the Central Adriatic coast of Italy.
Camm\ue0, Cesare +8 more
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Death associated to methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus ST8 infection in two dolphins maintained under human care, Italy [PDF]
The present study describes the isolation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from respiratory tract of 2 dolphins of different origin, a stranded juvenile Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) and a captive born common bottlenose dolphin ...
Biancani, Barbara +5 more
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Lobomycosis in Man and Lobomycosis-like Disease in Bottlenose Dolphin, Venezuela
We report 1 case of lobomycosis caused by Lacazia loboi in a fisherman and 1 case of lobomycosis-like disease in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along the coast of Venezuela.
Luis Bermudez +4 more
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Model-Based Distribution and Abundance of Three Delphinidae in the Mediterranean
Monitoring of Delphinidae species population patterns in the Mediterranean Sea was carried out in a sequence of surveys employing different approaches.
Grigorios Karamitros +5 more
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become ubiquitous environmental contaminants in aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Marine mammals, as top predators, are constantly exposed to several PFAS compounds that accumulate in different tissues.
Cristina Otero-Sabio +10 more
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The diatoms test in veterinary medicine: a pilot study on cetaceans and sea turtles [PDF]
Fishing activities are considered one of the most relevant threats for cetaceans and sea turtles con- servation since these animals are sometimes found dead entangled in fishing gears.
Barbieri, Stefania +11 more
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El turismo generado por la observación de delfines mular Tursiops truncatus es una de los principales atractivos turísticos en el estero El Morro, Guayas-Ecuador, sin embargo, la falta de caracterización de hongos en el medio acuático como fuentes ...
Francisca Hernadez-Tapia
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Lobomycosis in Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), North Carolina
Lacazia loboi, a cutaneous fungus, is found in humans and dolphins from transitional tropical (Florida) and tropical (South America) regions. We report 2 cases of lobomycosis in stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and 1 case of lobomycosis ...
David S. Rotstein +7 more
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Monitoring bottlenose dolphin leukocyte cytokine mRNA responsiveness by qPCR. [PDF]
Both veterinarians caring for dolphins in managed populations and researchers monitoring wild populations use blood-based diagnostics to monitor bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) health.
Amelia Ruth Hofstetter +6 more
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