Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5794382 | Research in Veterinary Science | 2016 | 4 Pages |
â¢Ureaplasma, Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida and Actinomyces-like coinfection in a dolphin.â¢Isolation of the three aforementioned pathogens from pleuropneumonia lesions.â¢Biomolecular characterization of Ureaplasma and Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida.
A case of pleuropneumonia is reported in an adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded in 2014 along the Central Adriatic coast of Italy. A severe pyogranulomatous pneumonia and thoracic lymphadenopathy were present at necropsy. Numerous Splendore-Hoeppli bodies were found microscopically scattered throughout the lung. Histochemical evidence of Actinomyces-like organisms was obtained from the pulmonary parenchyma, with a strain of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida and Ureaplasma spp. being also isolated from the same tissue. For the latter, a genome fragment of approximately 1400Â bp from the 16s rDNA was amplified and sequenced. BLAST analysis revealed 100% identity with an uncultured Ureaplasma spp. (JQ193826.1).