Mycoplasma species isolated from harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and a sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) stranded in Scottish waters

G Foster; L McAuliffe; MP Dagleish; J Barley; F Howie; RAJ Nicholas; RD Ayling

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.206

Mycoplasma species isolated from harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and a sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) stranded in Scottish waters

G Foster, L McAuliffe, MP Dagleish, J Barley, F Howie, RAJ Nicholas, RD Ayling

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Abstract

Mycoplasma species were recovered from 10 cetacean carcasses that stranded around Scotland. Mycoplasma phocicerebrale was isolated from the lungs of three harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) as well as from the liver of one of these animals. Novel Mycoplasma spp. were isolated from the lungs of five additional harbor porpoises and the kidney of another. In addition an isolate closely related to Mycoplasma species 13CL was obtained from the kidney of a Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens). The role of these Mycoplasma species in the disease of cetaceans, their host specificity, diversity, and any relation to cetacean strandings are unknown.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	206 - 211
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume	47(1)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.206
Publication status	First published - 2011

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566901
AA115

Keywords

Harbor porpoise
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma phocicerebrale
Necropsy
Sowerby’s beaked whale

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Mycoplasma species isolated from harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and a sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) stranded in Scottish waters

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