Brucella sp. sequence-type 27 associated with abortion in dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima

Abstract A dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima stranded alive along the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The whale, handled by tourists and local inhabitants, was weak, had buoyancy difficulties, and eventually aborted and died, showing severe necrotizing placentitis and other pathological signs. Both...

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Published in:European Journal of Wildlife Research
Main Authors: Hernández-Mora, Gabriela, González-Barrientos, Rocío, Víquez-Ruíz, Eunice, Palacios-Alfaro, José David, Bettoni-Rodríguez, Gianmarco, Gendre, Marlène, Vincent, Charline, Roca-Monge, Karol, Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth, Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela, Cordero-Chavarría, Minor, Chaves-Olarte, Esteban, Thomson, Nicholas R., Barquero-Calvo, Elías, Moreno, Edgardo, Guzmán-Verri, Caterina
Other Authors: CONARE, FIDA San José, Costa Rica, MICITT
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
Subjects:
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Pacific
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-021-01502-5
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Summary:Abstract A dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima stranded alive along the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The whale, handled by tourists and local inhabitants, was weak, had buoyancy difficulties, and eventually aborted and died, showing severe necrotizing placentitis and other pathological signs. Both the mother and the fetus had antibodies against Brucella lipopolysaccharide. Brucella organisms were isolated from various tissues of both animals and were characterized. The bacterium genome corresponded to sequence-type 27 (ST27) and clustered together with other Brucella ST27 isolated in humans and cetaceans.

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