The presence of Brucella ceti ST26 in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) with meningoencephalitis from the Mediterranean Sea

The stomachsof 23 striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba Meyen, 1833, Cetacea), stranded along the Ligurian coast (western Mediterranean Sea), contained 32 species of cephalopods, crustaceans and fishes, totalling an estimated 2,723 prey specimens representing about 36 kg in weight. Cephalopods and bony fishes were equally important in the diet (50%). Todarodes sagittatus (34.5%) and Micromesistius poutassou (25.9%) were found to be the most important food species. Other species belonging to six cephalopod families, three crustacean families and nine bony fish families, contributed to the diet with variable numbers, weights, and occurrences, demonstrating the opportunistic character of striped dolphin feeding.

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The effects of inbreeding on mortality during a morbillivirus outbreak in the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

Animal Conservation ◽

10.1017/s1367943004001325 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 139-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Elena Valsecchi ◽

William Amos ◽

Juan Antonio Raga ◽

Michela Podestà ◽

William Sherwin

Keyword(s):

Stenella Coeruleoalba ◽

Striped Dolphin ◽

The Mediterranean

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Ecotoxicological diagnosis of striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Mediterranean basin by skin biopsy and gene expression approach

Ecotoxicology ◽

10.1007/s10646-011-0713-2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (8) ◽

pp. 1791-1800 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Cristina Panti ◽

Giacomo Spinsanti ◽

Letizia Marsili ◽

Silvia Casini ◽

Francesco Frati ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Skin Biopsy ◽

Mediterranean Basin ◽

Stenella Coeruleoalba ◽

Striped Dolphin ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

The Mediterranean Basin

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Postnatal ossification of the thoracic limb in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) (Meyen, 1833) from the Mediterranean Sea

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/cjz-76-7-1286 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 76 (7) ◽

pp. 1286-1293 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mauro DiGiancamillo ◽

Giovanni Rattegni ◽

Michela Podestà ◽

Luigi Cagnolaro ◽

Bruno Cozzi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Stenella Coeruleoalba ◽

Thoracic Limb ◽

The Mediterranean

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Stomach contents of by-caught striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315415001538 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 96 (4) ◽

pp. 869-875 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ayhan Dede ◽

Alp Salman ◽

Arda M. Tonay

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Stomach Contents ◽

Stenella Coeruleoalba ◽

Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽

Striped Dolphin ◽

Food Items ◽

Bony Fishes ◽

By Catch ◽

First Time

Stomach contents of six striped dolphins taken as by-catch in the swordfish fishery in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off the Turkish coast were examined. In total, 29 taxa were identified to species or family and 1777 individual food items (1394 bony fishes, 289 cephalopods, 94 crustaceans) were counted.Diaphusspp. andCeratoscopelus maderensiswere the most remarkable ones, as they accounted for 70.45% of the total number of fishes.Onychoteuthis banksii, on the other hand, was the only cephalopod species found in all stomach content analyses and represented 38.06% of the total number of cephalopods. Bony fish species:Myctophum punctatum, Notoscopelus elongatus, Electrona risso, Sudis hyalina,Moridae sp., Phycidae sp., Sternoptychidae sp. and cephalopods:Pterygioteuthis giardiandChtenopteryx siculawere reported the first time in the stomach contents of striped dolphin in the Mediterranean Sea.

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