Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Dispatch
Guiana Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event and Link to Cetacean Morbillivirus, Brazil
Table 1
No. | Date found | Location coordinates | Sex | Body length, cm | Age class | Body condition | Decomp status | Main gross findings | CeMV RT-PCR, tissue/result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
9 |
−23.16738, −44.13948 |
F |
177 |
Adult |
Poor |
Fr |
Lactation; verminous pneumonia; pulmonary edema; mediastinal empyema; gastrointestinal petechiae, gastrointestinal parasitosis; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,† brain/pos, spleen/pos |
2 |
14 |
−23.01327, −44.44241 |
M |
94 |
Calf |
Moderate |
Fr |
Cyanotic mucous membranes; pulmonary edema; hepatic lipidosis; gastrointestinal petechiae |
Lung/pos,†
liver/pos |
3 |
14 |
−23.15123, −44.32286 |
F |
124 |
Juvenile |
Poor |
MA |
Pulmonary edema; gastric ulcers; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,† liver/pos |
4 |
23 |
−23.0319, −44.54259 |
ND |
71.5 |
Calf |
ND |
AA |
ND (AA) |
Lung/pos† |
5 |
23 |
−23.03725, −44.55784 |
ND |
189 |
Adult |
ND |
AA |
Verminous pneumonia |
Lung/pos,† liver/pos |
6 |
23 |
−23.08996, −44.35695 |
M |
160 |
Juvenile |
Poor |
MA |
Verminous pneumonia; pulmonary edema; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,† brain/pos, spleen/pos |
7 |
24 |
−23.00963, −44.35695 |
ND |
170 |
ND |
ND |
AA |
ND (AA) |
Kidney/pos† |
8 |
24 |
−22.07896, −44.23156 |
ND |
132 |
Juvenile |
ND |
AA |
Black stained ingesta (plastic) |
Liver/neg, spleen/neg |
9 |
26 |
−23.03688, −44.55140 |
M |
167 |
Juvenile |
ND |
AA |
ND (AA) |
Kidney/neg |
10 |
25 |
−23.04786, −44.57191 |
M |
123 |
Juvenile |
Good |
MA |
Proliferative pleuritis and peritonitis; gastrointestinal parasitosis; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,†
brain/pos, spleen/pos |
11 |
25 |
−23.03637, −44.55041 |
F |
123 |
Juvenile |
ND |
AA |
ND (AA) |
Lung/pos,†
brain/pos, spleen/pos |
12 |
27 |
−23.01980, −44.44088 |
F |
124 |
Juvenile |
ND |
MA |
ND (AA); absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,†
brain/pos, spleen/pos |
13 |
27 |
−23.04542, −44.59536 |
F |
142 |
Juvenile |
ND |
AA |
Verminous pneumonia; gastrointestinal parasitosis; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos, brain/pos† |
14 |
28 |
−23.16538, −44.63874 |
M |
118 |
Juvenile |
ND |
AA |
ND (AA); absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,
brain/pos, spleen/pos† |
15 |
28 |
−23.1325, −44.62048 |
F |
182 |
Adult |
ND |
AA |
Hydrothorax and ascites; verminous pneumonia; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,†
brain/pos, spleen/pos |
16 |
28 |
−23.12665, −44.622 |
M |
89 |
Calf |
ND |
AA |
Autolysis; absence of ingesta |
Lung/neg, spleen/ neg |
17 |
29 |
−23.11585, −44.66409 |
F |
170 |
Adult |
ND |
MA |
Pulmonary edema; absence of ingesta |
Lung/pos,†
spleen/pos |
18 |
29 |
−23.12927, −44.66989 |
M |
156 |
Juvenile |
Moderate |
Fr |
Fishing gear lesions; hydrothorax and ascites; verminous pneumonia; pulmonary edema; hemopericardium; gastroenteritis; gastrointestinal parasitosis; urinary bladder petechiae; pterygoid and tympanic bullae trematodiasis |
Lung/neg, spleen/neg |
19 |
29 |
−23.12726, −44.67302 |
F |
144 |
Juvenile |
Good |
Fr |
Fishing gear lesions; hydrothorax and ascites; verminous pneumonia; pulmonary edema; gastric ulcer; gastrointestinal petechiae |
Lung/neg, spleen/neg |
20 | 30 | −23.07919, −44.55559 | M | 125 | Juvenile | ND | AA | ND (AA); absence of ingesta | Lung/pos,† brain/pos |
*Collection period was November 9–December 29, 2017. AA, advanced autolysis; decomp, decomposition; Fr, fresh; MA, moderate autolysis; ND, not determined; neg, negative; no., animal no.; pos, positive; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.
†Amplified fragment sequenced.
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