Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals
A juvenile female hooded seal ( Cystophora cristata) and a juvenile male harp seal ( Phoca groenlandica) stranded separately on the New Jersey (USA) coast and were taken to a marine mammal rehabilitation center. Both were lethargic and emaciated, had dermatitis, and died. Histologic skin lesions in...
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crsagepubl:10.1354/vp.38-6-724 2024-06-23T07:52:20+00:00 Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals Lipscomb, T. P. Mense, M. G. Habecker, P. L. Taubenberger, J. K. Schoelkopf, R. 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1354/vp.38-6-724 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1354/vp.38-6-724 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1354/vp.38-6-724 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Veterinary Pathology volume 38, issue 6, page 724-726 ISSN 0300-9858 1544-2217 journal-article 2001 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1354/vp.38-6-724 2024-06-11T04:31:46Z A juvenile female hooded seal ( Cystophora cristata) and a juvenile male harp seal ( Phoca groenlandica) stranded separately on the New Jersey (USA) coast and were taken to a marine mammal rehabilitation center. Both were lethargic and emaciated, had dermatitis, and died. Histologic skin lesions in the seals were similar and consisted of epidermal and follicular epithelial hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, degeneration, and necrosis. The most distinctive finding was extensive syncytial zones bounded superficially by hyperkeratosis and deeply by hyperplastic basal cells. Eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were present in epithelial cells. Morbilliviral antigen was demonstrated in the skin lesions by immunohistochemistry. Phocine distemper virus was detected in the skin by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and a phocine distemper virus-specific probe using the Southern blot technique. This is the first report of morbilliviral dermatitis in marine mammals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cystophora cristata Harp Seal hooded seal Phoca groenlandica SAGE Publications Veterinary Pathology 38 6 724 726 |
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A juvenile female hooded seal ( Cystophora cristata) and a juvenile male harp seal ( Phoca groenlandica) stranded separately on the New Jersey (USA) coast and were taken to a marine mammal rehabilitation center. Both were lethargic and emaciated, had dermatitis, and died. Histologic skin lesions in the seals were similar and consisted of epidermal and follicular epithelial hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, degeneration, and necrosis. The most distinctive finding was extensive syncytial zones bounded superficially by hyperkeratosis and deeply by hyperplastic basal cells. Eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were present in epithelial cells. Morbilliviral antigen was demonstrated in the skin lesions by immunohistochemistry. Phocine distemper virus was detected in the skin by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and a phocine distemper virus-specific probe using the Southern blot technique. This is the first report of morbilliviral dermatitis in marine mammals. |
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Lipscomb, T. P. Mense, M. G. Habecker, P. L. Taubenberger, J. K. Schoelkopf, R. Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals |
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Lipscomb, T. P. Mense, M. G. Habecker, P. L. Taubenberger, J. K. Schoelkopf, R. |
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Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals |
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Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals |
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Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals |
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Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals |
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Morbilliviral Dermatitis in Seals |
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