A Novel Case of Fusarium oxysporum Infection in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Lydia Staggs; Judy St. Leger; Gregory Bossart; Forrest I. Townsend; Christie Hicks; Michael Rinaldi

doi:10.1638/2009-0037R2.1

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1 June 2010 A Novel Case of Fusarium oxysporum Infection in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Lydia Staggs, Judy St. Leger, Gregory Bossart, Forrest I. Townsend, Christie Hicks, Michael Rinaldi

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J. of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 41(2):287-290 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1638/2009-0037R2.1

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A necropsy was performed on a captive-born, 10-yr-old male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) after it died acutely. Gross necropsy findings revealed hemorrhage within the right cerebrum, right cerebellum, and right eye. Histopathologic findings revealed a moderate multifocal acute necrotizing meningoencephalitis with intralesional fungal hyphae. Several pieces of cerebrum and cerebellum and cerebrospinal fluid were sent to the Fungus Testing Laboratory in San Antonio, Texas (USA). The culture yielded Fusarium oxysporum, which was confirmed by internal transcribed spacer and D1-D2 sequencing. Fusarium oxysporum infection has been reported in marine mammals. No cases of noncutaneous F. oxysporum infection in a cetacean that was not on long-term antimicrobials have been reported in the literature.

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Lydia Staggs, Judy St. Leger, Gregory Bossart, Forrest I. Townsend, Christie Hicks, and Michael Rinaldi "A Novel Case of Fusarium oxysporum Infection in an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41(2), 287-290, (1 June 2010). https://doi.org/10.1638/2009-0037R2.1

Received: 28 February 2009; Published: 1 June 2010

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