RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY FOR PATHOGENS IN STRANDED MARINE MAMMALS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: BRUCELLA SPP. INFECTION IN A CLYMENE DOLPHIN ( STENELLA CLYMENE)

Fernanda L N Attademo^{1

2}, Jean C R Silva^{2

3}, Fábia O Luna¹, Joana Ikeda^{1

4}, Ernesto F C Foppel^{1

5}, Gláucia P Sousa^{1

6}, Augusto C Bôaviagem-Freire⁷, Rodrigo M Soares⁶, Thalita Faita⁶, Maria C A Batinga⁶, Lara B Keid⁸

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¹ 1 Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Aquáticos, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 53900-000, Ilha de Itamaracá, PE, Brazil.
² 2 Instituto Brasileiro de Medicina da Conservação - Tríade, 52061-030, Recife, PE, Brazil.
³ 3 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil.
⁴ 4 Instituto Mamíferos Aquáticos, 41741-080, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
⁵ 5 Programa em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (PRODEMA), Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 49100-000, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil.
⁶ 6 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, 13635-900, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.
⁷ 7 Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, 59080-590, Natal, RN, Brazil.
⁸ 8 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13635-900, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 28982019
DOI: 10.7589/2017-03-050

RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY FOR PATHOGENS IN STRANDED MARINE MAMMALS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: BRUCELLA SPP. INFECTION IN A CLYMENE DOLPHIN ( STENELLA CLYMENE)

Fernanda L N Attademo et al. J Wildl Dis. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;54(1):151-155.

doi: 10.7589/2017-03-050. Epub 2017 Oct 5.

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¹ 1 Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Aquáticos, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 53900-000, Ilha de Itamaracá, PE, Brazil.
² 2 Instituto Brasileiro de Medicina da Conservação - Tríade, 52061-030, Recife, PE, Brazil.
³ 3 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil.
⁴ 4 Instituto Mamíferos Aquáticos, 41741-080, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
⁵ 5 Programa em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (PRODEMA), Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 49100-000, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil.
⁶ 6 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, 13635-900, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.
⁷ 7 Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, 59080-590, Natal, RN, Brazil.
⁸ 8 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13635-900, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 28982019
DOI: 10.7589/2017-03-050

Abstract

: We surveyed 13 carcasses of marine mammals (12 Trichechus manatus and one Stenella clymene) that had stranded in northeastern Brazil during 1990-2013 for infectious diseases by screening tissues from the collection of the Brazilian National Center of Research and Conservation of Aquatic Mammal, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. Brucella spp. and Mycobacterium spp. were investigated by culturing and PCR of tissue samples, whereas Sarcocystidae parasites, Leptospira spp., and Morbillivirus were surveyed for using specific PCR assays. Brucella spp. and Mycobacterium spp. were not isolated through microbiologic culturing, and all animals were negative for detection of Sarcocystidae parasites, Leptospira spp., Mycobacterium spp., and Morbillivirus by PCR assays. All manatees were negative for Brucella spp. infection, but Brucella ceti was detected in the brain tissue of an S. clymene calf by using a PCR assay.

Keywords: Brucella; Leptospira; Morbillivirus; Mycobacterium; Sarcocystidae; Stenella clymene; cetacean; sirenian.

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