Mandibular osteomyelitis in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (Odontoceti: Cetacea): first case in the Mexican Caribbean

Mammalia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 562-566
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Niño-Torres ◽  
Delma Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez ◽  
María del Pilar Blanco-Parra ◽  
Roberto Sánchez Okrucky
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphin ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
The West ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
First Case ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Free Ranging

AbstractOral pathological conditions are common in mammals and have been relatively well documented for some wild groups, but are rarely reported in marine mammals. Here, we report for the Mexican Caribbean the first case of mandibular osteomyelitis in a free-ranging dolphin. A bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusadult male (256.5 cm total length) was found stranded dead in the west coast of the State Reserve “Chetumal Bay Manatee Sanctuary”. Herein, we discuss some plausible explanations about the origin of this lesion to improve the knowledge about the species biology.

scholarly journals First case of erysipelas in a free-ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stranded in the Mediterranean Sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Melero ◽  
C Rubio-Guerri ◽  
JL Crespo ◽  
M Arbelo ◽  
AI Vela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphin ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Free Ranging

Pressure Changes And “Tornadoes” (Squalls) On the West Coast Of Africa*

1943 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Regula
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Minimum Pressure ◽  
First Case ◽  
Pressure Changes ◽  
Pressure Fall

SYNOPSIS Forecasting the weather on the west coast of Africa is made difficult by the inaccurate pressure reports of ships at sea and of land stations whose elevation are not definitely known. However, from reliable reports of coastal stations a relation between pressure changes and wind variations is demonstrated, (see fig. 2–4). In each example a 24–48 hour pressure fall with onshore winds all along the coast was followed by a 24–48 hour pressure rise with off-shore winds. Two examples of pressure variations on a ship's barogram when a “tornado” occurred are given in fig. 5–6. Each diagram shows a falling pressure tendency followed by a rising tendency, with the “tornado” at the minimum pressure in the first case and 10 hours after the minimum in the second case. Evidently whenever these tendencies are observed together thunderstorms should be forecasted. This is born out for the statistics July to October 1934 which show 15 thunderstorms on the 22 days when the pressure was rapidly rising, and only 10 thunderstorms for the other 61 days!

List of the Parasites Recorded from Sea Mammals Caught off the West Coast of North America

1954 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Margolis
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
American West ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Single Species ◽  
The West ◽  
North American West ◽  
The North ◽  
Sea Mammals ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Host Parasite

A parasite-host list and host-parasite list, with complete references, of the ecto- and endo-parasites recorded from marine mammals of the North American west coast are presented. One trematode, 7 nematodes, 1 acanthocephalid, 1 copepod, 6 cirripedes, 5 amphipods and a lamprey are reported from 12 species of Cetacea. From 8 species of Pinnipedia, 5 trematodes, 4 cestodes, 12 nematodes, 7 acanthocephalids, 5 Acarina and 4 Anoplura are listed. A single species of Fissipedia has yielded 4 trematodes, 1 cestode, 1 nematode and 2 acanthocephalids, almost all of which have been found in Pinnipedia.

Consequences of injuries on survival and reproduction of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the west coast of Florida

2008 ◽  
pp. ???-??? ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall S. Wells ◽  
Jason B. Allen ◽  
Suzanne Hofmann ◽  
Kim Bassos-Hull ◽  
Deborah A. Fauquier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphins ◽  
The West ◽  
Survival And Reproduction

scholarly journals Isolation and characterization of the first American bottlenose dolphin papillomavirus: Tursiops truncatus papillomavirus type 2

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (12) ◽  
pp. 3559-3565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Rehtanz ◽  
Shin-je Ghim ◽  
Annabel Rector ◽  
Marc Van Ranst ◽  
Patricia A. Fair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphin ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Human Papillomaviruses ◽  
Binding Motif ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Free Ranging

A novel papillomavirus (PV) was isolated from a genital condyloma of a free-ranging bottlenose dolphin inhabiting the coastal waters of Charleston Harbor, SC, USA: Tursiops truncatus papillomavirus type 2 (TtPV2). This novel virus represents the first isolated North American cetacean PV and the first American bottlenose dolphin PV. After the viral genome was cloned, sequenced and characterized genetically, phylogenetic analyses revealed that TtPV2 is most similar to the only published cetacean PV isolated and characterized thus far, Phocoena spinipinnis PV type 1 (PsPV1). A striking feature of the genome of TtPV2, as well as that of PsPV1, is the lack of an E7 open reading frame, which typically encodes one of the oncogenic proteins believed to be responsible for malignant transformation in the high-risk mucosotropic human papillomaviruses (HPVs). TtPV2 E6 contains a PDZ-binding motif that has been shown to be involved in transformation in the case of high-risk genital HPVs.

scholarly journals A Poorly Differentiated Pulmonary Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Free-Ranging Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus)

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Y. Ewing ◽  
Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni
Keyword(s):  
Squamous Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Squamous Cell ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphin ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
Left Lung ◽  
Mesothelial Cell ◽  
Thyroid Transcription Factor 1 ◽  
Poorly Differentiated ◽  
Free Ranging

A free-ranging, adult, female offshore bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus) was found freshly dead in 1999 on Ocean Park Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The left-lung and right-lung pleura had multiple white, firm-to-hard nodules with coagulative necrosis. Histologically, the neoplasms were characterized by multiple well-circumscribed, nonencapsulated expansile masses consisting mostly of polygonal cells with fewer circumferential flattened basaloid cells that compressed alveoli, bronchioles, and bronchi. Neoplastic cells stained positive for cytokeratin, with sporadic vimentin staining, and were negative for epithelial membrane antigen, thyroid transcription factor-1, calretinin, and human mesothelial cell antigen. A diagnosis of poorly differentiated pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma with lymph node and renal metastases was made on the basis of histomorphology and immunohistochemical staining. This is the first documentation of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma in a dolphin.

A List of the Marine Mammals of the West Coast of North America

The Murrelet ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor B. Scheffer
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
The West
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