Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Suspected Diskospondylitis in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates)

J. W. Alexander; Mobashir A. Solangi; Leon S. Riegel

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-25.1.118

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1 January 1989 Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Suspected Diskospondylitis in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates)

J. W. Alexander, Mobashir A. Solangi, Leon S. Riegel

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 25(1):118-121 (1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.1.118

Abstract

A 21-yr-old male Atlantic bottle-nose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was performing at an aquatic park when it developed a soft tissue swelling anterior to the flukes. Subsequent radiographic evaluation revealed the animal to have vertebral osteomyelitis and suspected diskospondylitis. The case was successfully managed with long-term antibiotic therapy.

Alexander, Solangi, and Riegel: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Suspected Diskospondylitis in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates)

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J. W. Alexander, Mobashir A. Solangi, and Leon S. Riegel "Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Suspected Diskospondylitis in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 25(1), 118-121, (1 January 1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.1.118

Received: 23 May 1988; Published: 1 January 1989

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