Mortality data for the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) indicates that from 1979 to 1984 16% of the recorded deaths involved young juveniles. Necropsy of a young manatee from the west coast of Florida revealed an active infection of the umbilical area (omphalitis) extending down the umbilical artery and veins. A generalized peritonitis was present. Bacterial cultures revealed Streptococcus faecium, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Pseudomonas putrefaciens and Escherichia coli.
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1 October 1987
Omphalitis and Peritonitis in a Young West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Michael T. Walsh,
Gregory D. Bossart,
W. Glenn Young Jr.,
Patrick M. Rose
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 23 • No. 4
October 1987
Vol. 23 • No. 4
October 1987
case report
omphalitis
peritonitis
Trichechus manatus
umbilical infections
West Indian manatee