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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research Letter

Systemic Erysipelas Outbreak among Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins, San Diego, California, USA, 2022

Kerri DanilComments to Author , Kathleen M. Colegrove, Martha A. Delaney, Alexandria Mena, Nancy Stedman, and Elyse Wurster
Author affiliations: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA (K. Danil); University of Illinois, Brookfield, Illinois, USA (K.M. Colegrove, M.A. Delaney); SeaWorld, San Diego, California, USA (A. Mena); Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida, USA (N. Stedman); Ocean Associates Inc., under contract to Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla (E. Wurster)

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Table

Characteristics of Tursops truncatus dolphins stranded in San Diego, California, USA, 2022

Specimen Latitude and longitude Decomposition status Sex Strand date Age class Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae culture Cause of death
KXD0391 32.8764, −117.2513 Fresh F May 16 Neonate Spleen –, lung –, liver – Brucella infection
KXD0393 33.05023, −117.2995 Fresh F Jun 26 Juvenile Brain +, spleen + Erysipelothrix sepsis
KXD0394 32.6404, −117.146 Moderate M Jun 28 Neonate NA Trauma
KXD0395 32.9055, −117.2555 Fresh F Jul 2 Adult Kidney +, spleen + Erysipelothrix sepsis
SWC-TT-2201B 32.5789, −117.1323 Fresh F Aug 29 Neonate Spleen – Malnutrition
KXD0399 32.7095, −117.2349 Advanced F Sep 11 Adult NA Unknown, no necropsy
SWC-TT-2202B 32.6398, −117.1463 Fresh M Sep 12 Calf Brain +, spleen +, lung + Erysipelothrix sepsis
KXD0400 32.8606, −117.2559 Advanced F Sep 15 Juvenile NA Unknown, no necropsy

*Boldface indicates erysipelas cases. NA, not applicable; +, positive culture result; –, negative culture result.

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