The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Few diseases have been reported in any species of shark and none in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) despite the latter being the subject of targeted hunting for over two centuries. This is the first report to describe the clinical signs and gross and microscopical pathology in a diseased bask...
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ftsrucpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/2f04962e-b5bd-4b40-9c61-74bee5bd186b 2024-05-19T07:38:56+00:00 The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Dagleish, MP Baily, JL Foster, G Reid, RJ Barley, J 2010 https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/2f04962e-b5bd-4b40-9c61-74bee5bd186b https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001 eng eng https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/2f04962e-b5bd-4b40-9c61-74bee5bd186b info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Dagleish , MP , Baily , JL , Foster , G , Reid , RJ & Barley , J 2010 , ' The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) ' , Journal of Comparative Pathology , vol. 143 , no. 4 , pp. 284 - 288 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001 Basking shark Elasmobranch Inflammation article 2010 ftsrucpubl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001 2024-04-23T02:27:18Z Few diseases have been reported in any species of shark and none in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) despite the latter being the subject of targeted hunting for over two centuries. This is the first report to describe the clinical signs and gross and microscopical pathology in a diseased basking shark that was live-stranded on the east coast of Scotland. Pyogranulomatous meningoencephalitis was present together with multifocal, predominantly non-suppurative, myocarditis with myocyte necrosis, oedema and haemorrhage. Additionally, there was full thickness ulcerative and fibrinonecrotizing dermatitis with underlying granulomatous inflammation. The aetiology could not be determined, but the lesions were suggestive of an infectious process, possibly bacterial. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cetorhinus maximus SRUC (Scotland's Rural College): Research Portal Journal of Comparative Pathology 143 4 284 288 |
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Few diseases have been reported in any species of shark and none in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) despite the latter being the subject of targeted hunting for over two centuries. This is the first report to describe the clinical signs and gross and microscopical pathology in a diseased basking shark that was live-stranded on the east coast of Scotland. Pyogranulomatous meningoencephalitis was present together with multifocal, predominantly non-suppurative, myocarditis with myocyte necrosis, oedema and haemorrhage. Additionally, there was full thickness ulcerative and fibrinonecrotizing dermatitis with underlying granulomatous inflammation. The aetiology could not be determined, but the lesions were suggestive of an infectious process, possibly bacterial. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Dagleish , MP , Baily , JL , Foster , G , Reid , RJ & Barley , J 2010 , ' The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) ' , Journal of Comparative Pathology , vol. 143 , no. 4 , pp. 284 - 288 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001 |
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