Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012
Between 2003 and 2012, 605 southern right whales (SRW; Eubalaena australis) were found dead along the shores of Península Valdés (PV), Argentina. These deaths included alarmingly high annual losses between 2007 and 2012, a peak number of deaths (116) in 2012, and a significant number of deaths acros...
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| author | McAloose, Denise Rago, María Virginia Di Martino, Matías Chirife, Andrea Olson, Sarah Beltramino, Lucas Pozzi, Luciana Melina Musmeci, Luciana La Sala, Luciano Francisco Mohamed, Nadia Sala, Juan Emilio Bandieri, Lucas Andrejuk, Julian Tomaszewicz, Ania Seimon, Tracie Sironi, Mariano Samartino, Luis Ernesto Rowntree, Victoria Uhart, Marcela M. |
| author_browse | Andrejuk, Julian Bandieri, Lucas Beltramino, Lucas Chirife, Andrea Di Martino, Matías La Sala, Luciano Francisco McAloose, Denise Mohamed, Nadia Musmeci, Luciana Olson, Sarah Pozzi, Luciana Melina Rago, María Virginia Rowntree, Victoria Sala, Juan Emilio Samartino, Luis Ernesto Seimon, Tracie Sironi, Mariano Tomaszewicz, Ania Uhart, Marcela M. |
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| description | Between 2003 and 2012, 605 southern right whales (SRW; Eubalaena australis) were found dead along the shores of Península Valdés (PV), Argentina. These deaths included alarmingly high annual losses between 2007 and 2012, a peak number of deaths (116) in 2012, and a significant number of deaths across years in calves-of-the-year (544 of 605 [89.9%]; average = 60.4 yr-1). Post-mortem examination and pathogen testing were performed on 212 whales; 208 (98.1%) were calves-of-the-year and 48.0% of these were newborns or neonates. A known or probable cause of death was established in only a small number (6.6%) of cases. These included ship strike in a juvenile and blunt trauma or lacerations (n = 5), pneumonia (n = 4), myocarditis (n = 2), meningitis (n = 1), or myocarditis and meningitis (n = 1) in calves. Ante-mortem gull parasitism was the most common gross finding. It was associated with systemic disease in a single 1-2 mo old calf. Immunohistochemical labeling for canine distemper virus, Toxoplasma gondii and Brucella spp., and PCR for cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), influenza A, and apicomplexan protozoa were negative on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lung and brain samples from a subset of whales; PCR for Brucella spp. was positive in a newborn/neonate with pneumonia. Skin samples from whales with gull parasitism were PCR negative for CeMV, poxvirus, and papillomavirus. This is the first long-term study to investigate and summarize notable post-mortem findings in the PV SRW population. Consistent, significant findings within or between years to explain the majority of deaths and those in high-mortality years remain to be identified |
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| spelling | INTA12052018-02-16T15:20:37Z Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 McAloose, Denise Rago, María Virginia Di Martino, Matías Chirife, Andrea Olson, Sarah Beltramino, Lucas Pozzi, Luciana Melina Musmeci, Luciana La Sala, Luciano Francisco Mohamed, Nadia Sala, Juan Emilio Bandieri, Lucas Andrejuk, Julian Tomaszewicz, Ania Seimon, Tracie Sironi, Mariano Samartino, Luis Ernesto Rowntree, Victoria Uhart, Marcela M. Enfermedades de los Animales Eubalaena Australis Ballena Inspección Postmortem Animal Diseases Whales Postmortem Examination Península Valdés, Chubut Between 2003 and 2012, 605 southern right whales (SRW; Eubalaena australis) were found dead along the shores of Península Valdés (PV), Argentina. These deaths included alarmingly high annual losses between 2007 and 2012, a peak number of deaths (116) in 2012, and a significant number of deaths across years in calves-of-the-year (544 of 605 [89.9%]; average = 60.4 yr-1). Post-mortem examination and pathogen testing were performed on 212 whales; 208 (98.1%) were calves-of-the-year and 48.0% of these were newborns or neonates. A known or probable cause of death was established in only a small number (6.6%) of cases. These included ship strike in a juvenile and blunt trauma or lacerations (n = 5), pneumonia (n = 4), myocarditis (n = 2), meningitis (n = 1), or myocarditis and meningitis (n = 1) in calves. Ante-mortem gull parasitism was the most common gross finding. It was associated with systemic disease in a single 1-2 mo old calf. Immunohistochemical labeling for canine distemper virus, Toxoplasma gondii and Brucella spp., and PCR for cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), influenza A, and apicomplexan protozoa were negative on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lung and brain samples from a subset of whales; PCR for Brucella spp. was positive in a newborn/neonate with pneumonia. Skin samples from whales with gull parasitism were PCR negative for CeMV, poxvirus, and papillomavirus. This is the first long-term study to investigate and summarize notable post-mortem findings in the PV SRW population. Consistent, significant findings within or between years to explain the majority of deaths and those in high-mortality years remain to be identified Inst. de Patobiología Fil: McAloose, DeniseWildlife Conservation Society Zoological Health Program; Estados Unidos. Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program; Argentina Fil: Rago, Virginia. Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program; Argentina. 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Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas; Argentina Fil: Samartino, Luis Ernesto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina Fil: Rowntree, Victoria. Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program; Argentina. University of Utah. Department of Biology; Estados Unidos Fil: Uhart, Marcela M. Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program; Argentina. Wildlife Conservation Society Wildlife Health & Health Policy Program; Estados Unidos. University of California. School of Veterinary Medicine. One Health Institute; Argentina 2017-09-13T13:41:52Z 2017-09-13T13:41:52Z 2016 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1205 http://www.int-res.com/articles/dao_oa/d119p017.pdf McAloose D, Rago MV, Di Martino M, Chirife A and others (2016) Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012. Dis Aquat Org 119:17-36. 0177-5103 (Print) 1616-1580 (Online) https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02986 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Chubut (province) 2003-2012 Diseases of aquatic organisms 119 (1) : 17-36. (2016) |
| spellingShingle | Enfermedades de los Animales Eubalaena Australis Ballena Inspección Postmortem Animal Diseases Whales Postmortem Examination Península Valdés, Chubut McAloose, Denise Rago, María Virginia Di Martino, Matías Chirife, Andrea Olson, Sarah Beltramino, Lucas Pozzi, Luciana Melina Musmeci, Luciana La Sala, Luciano Francisco Mohamed, Nadia Sala, Juan Emilio Bandieri, Lucas Andrejuk, Julian Tomaszewicz, Ania Seimon, Tracie Sironi, Mariano Samartino, Luis Ernesto Rowntree, Victoria Uhart, Marcela M. Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 |
| title | Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 |
| title_full | Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 |
| title_fullStr | Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 |
| title_short | Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012 |
| title_sort | post mortem findings in southern right whales eubalaena australis at peninsula valdes argentina 2003 2012 |
| topic | Enfermedades de los Animales Eubalaena Australis Ballena Inspección Postmortem Animal Diseases Whales Postmortem Examination Península Valdés, Chubut |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1205 http://www.int-res.com/articles/dao_oa/d119p017.pdf https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02986 |
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