Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea
The pathological, microbiological and serological findings in harbour porpoises hunted in Greenlandic waters were compared with the findings in animals accidentally caught in fishing gear in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The body condition of the Greenlandic animals was good, whereas nine of...
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crwiley:10.1136/vr.148.23.715 2024-09-30T14:35:58+00:00 Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea Wunschimann, A. Frese, K. Müiller, G. Baumgärtner, W. Siebert, U. Weiss, R. Lockyer, C. Heide‐Jørgensen, M. P. German Federal Ministries of Environment and Research and Technology Greenlandic Institute of National Resources, Denmark 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.148.23.715 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1136%2Fvr.148.23.715 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1136/vr.148.23.715/fullpdf en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Veterinary Record volume 148, issue 23, page 715-720 ISSN 0042-4900 2042-7670 journal-article 2001 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.148.23.715 2024-09-11T04:11:30Z The pathological, microbiological and serological findings in harbour porpoises hunted in Greenlandic waters were compared with the findings in animals accidentally caught in fishing gear in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The body condition of the Greenlandic animals was good, whereas nine of 23 German harbour porpoises were moderately to markedly emaciated. Both groups were infested with parasites. In the Greenlandic animals parasitism of the aural peribullar cavity with Stenurus minor , of the liver and pancreas with Orthosplanchnus mironovi , of the lungs with Halocercus species and of the subcutaneous and mammary tissue with Crassicauda species was generally associated with a mild inflammatory response. No diseases associated with bacteria were identified in any of the Greenlandic harbour porpoises. In the porpoises from the German North Sea and Baltic Sea, parasites were present in the aural peribullar cavity ( S minor ), liver ( Campula oblonga ), first and second gastric compartment ( Anisakis simplex ) and in the lungs ( Pseudalius inflexus and Torynurus convolutus ). Moderate to marked pulmonary parasitism and suppurative pneumonia, not observed in the Greenlandic porpoises, were present in 1 1 and 10, respectively, of the 23 German porpoises. The suppurative pneumonia was attributed to bacterial infection with β haemolytic streptococci and Escherichia coli var haemolytica . Four Greenlandic and 10 German porpoises had positive porpoise morbillivirus‐specific antibody titres suggesting that the virus was circulating in both populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlandic Phocoena phocoena Wiley Online Library Greenland Veterinary Record 148 23 715 720 |
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The pathological, microbiological and serological findings in harbour porpoises hunted in Greenlandic waters were compared with the findings in animals accidentally caught in fishing gear in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The body condition of the Greenlandic animals was good, whereas nine of 23 German harbour porpoises were moderately to markedly emaciated. Both groups were infested with parasites. In the Greenlandic animals parasitism of the aural peribullar cavity with Stenurus minor , of the liver and pancreas with Orthosplanchnus mironovi , of the lungs with Halocercus species and of the subcutaneous and mammary tissue with Crassicauda species was generally associated with a mild inflammatory response. No diseases associated with bacteria were identified in any of the Greenlandic harbour porpoises. In the porpoises from the German North Sea and Baltic Sea, parasites were present in the aural peribullar cavity ( S minor ), liver ( Campula oblonga ), first and second gastric compartment ( Anisakis simplex ) and in the lungs ( Pseudalius inflexus and Torynurus convolutus ). Moderate to marked pulmonary parasitism and suppurative pneumonia, not observed in the Greenlandic porpoises, were present in 1 1 and 10, respectively, of the 23 German porpoises. The suppurative pneumonia was attributed to bacterial infection with β haemolytic streptococci and Escherichia coli var haemolytica . Four Greenlandic and 10 German porpoises had positive porpoise morbillivirus‐specific antibody titres suggesting that the virus was circulating in both populations. |
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Wunschimann, A. Frese, K. Müiller, G. Baumgärtner, W. Siebert, U. Weiss, R. Lockyer, C. Heide‐Jørgensen, M. P. Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea |
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Wunschimann, A. Frese, K. Müiller, G. Baumgärtner, W. Siebert, U. Weiss, R. Lockyer, C. Heide‐Jørgensen, M. P. |
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Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea |
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Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea |
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Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea |
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Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea |
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Evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of Greenland and by‐caught in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea |
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evidence of infectious diseases in harbour porpoises ( phocoena phocoena) hunted in the waters of greenland and by‐caught in the german north sea and baltic sea |
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