The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

MP Dagleish; JL Baily; G Foster; RJ Reid; J Barley

doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001

The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

MP Dagleish, JL Baily, G Foster, RJ Reid, J Barley

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Abstract

Few diseases have been reported in any species of shark and none in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) despite the latter being the subject of targeted hunting for over two centuries. This is the first report to describe the clinical signs and gross and microscopical pathology in a diseased basking shark that was live-stranded on the east coast of Scotland. Pyogranulomatous meningoencephalitis was present together with multifocal, predominantly non-suppurative, myocarditis with myocyte necrosis, oedema and haemorrhage. Additionally, there was full thickness ulcerative and fibrinonecrotizing dermatitis with underlying granulomatous inflammation. The aetiology could not be determined, but the lesions were suggestive of an infectious process, possibly bacterial. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	284 - 288
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Comparative Pathology
Volume	143
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.001
Publication status	First published - 2010

Keywords

Basking shark
Elasmobranch
Inflammation

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The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

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