Document of bibliographic reference 229452
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- Bibliographic resource
- Type of document
- Journal article
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- Title
- Edwardsiella tarda sepsis in a live-stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Abstract
- Whale strandings remain poorly understood, although bacterial infections have been suggested to contribute. We isolated Edwardsiella tarda from the blood of a stranded sperm whale. The pathogen was identified with MALDI-TOF MS, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and quantified in blood by qPCR. We report the first case of sepsis in a sperm whale. The zoonotic potential of E. tarda and the possible role of bacterial infections in the enigmatic strandings of cetaceans are discussed.
- WebOfScience code
- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000322848100039
- Bibliographic citation
- Cools, P.; Haelters, J.; Lopes dos Santos Santiago, G.; Claeys, G.; Boelens, J.; Leroux-Roels, I.; Vaneechoutte, M.; Deschaght, P. (2013). Edwardsiella tarda sepsis in a live-stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Vet. Microbiol. 166(1-2): 311-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.05.020
- Topic
- Marine
- Is peer reviewed
- true
thesaurus terms
- term
- Whale stranding (term code: 9307 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)