Abstract
Brucellae recovered from sea mammals were first reported in 1994. In the years since both culture
and serological analysis have demonstrated that the infection occurs in a wide range of species of
marine mammals inhabiting a vast amount of the world’s oceans. Molecular studies have demonstrated
that the isolates differ from those found amongst terrestrial animals and also distinguish
between strains which have seals and cetaceans as their preferred hosts. At the phenotypic level seal
and cetacean strains can also be differed with respect to their CO2 requirement, primary growth on
Farrells medium and metabolic activity on galactose. Two new species B. cetaceae and B.
pinnipediae have been proposed as a result. This paper provides a review of Brucella in sea
mammals and updates findings from the study of sea mammals from around the coast of Scotland.
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 563 - 580 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Veterinary Microbiology |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | First published - 2002 |
Bibliographical note
566901411152
Keywords
- Brucellosis
- Dolphin
- Epidemiology
- Minke whale
- Pathology
- Porpoise
- Reproductivity problems
- Scotland
- Seals
- Serology
- Transmission