Serological Detection of Causative Agents of Infectious and Invasive Diseases in the Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (Cetacea: Monodontidae) from Sakhalinsky Bay

Serological detection of some pathogens in the beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas population from Sakhalinsky Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin–Amur beluga whale stock) was performed in 2013–2014 after the largest recorded flood of the Amur River (among observations since 1896). The percent of thi...

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Published in:Russian Journal of Marine Biology
Main Authors: Alekseev, A. Yu., Shpak, O. V., Adamenko, L. S., Glazov, D. M., Galkina, I. V., Schelkanov, M. Yu., Shestopalov, A. M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Pleiades Publishing 2018
Subjects:
Microbiology
Okhotsk
Beluga
Beluga whale
Beluga*
Delphinapterus leucas
Sakhalin
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7089055/
https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074017060037
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Summary:Serological detection of some pathogens in the beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas population from Sakhalinsky Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin–Amur beluga whale stock) was performed in 2013–2014 after the largest recorded flood of the Amur River (among observations since 1896). The percent of this population that is immune to the causative agents of clonorchosis was 25.6%; toxoplasmosis, 11.5%; brucellosis, 38.5%; tuberculosis, 30.8%; cetacean morbillivirus infection, 16.7%; and to alpha and gamma herpes viruses each, 21.8%.

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