A Fatal Case of Bronchopneumonia Associated with Lungworm Infection in a Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae)

Hideo KUMAZAWA; Rishou YONA; Mayumi HIRAI; Hideo HASEGAWA

doi:10.5686/jjzwm.11.31

Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Online ISSN : 2185-744X
Print ISSN : 1342-6133
ISSN-L : 1342-6133

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A Fatal Case of Bronchopneumonia Associated with Lungworm Infection in a Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae)

Hideo KUMAZAWA, Rishou YONA, Mayumi HIRAI, Hideo HASEGAWA

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Keywords: bottle-nosed dolphin, bronchopneumonia, Stenurus ovatus

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2006 Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 31-34

DOI https://doi.org/10.5686/jjzwm.11.31

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Abstract

A fatal case of bronchopneumonia associated with lungworms in a bottle-nosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in an aquarium in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, was studied. Numerous adult lungworms (Stenurus ovatus (Linstow, 1910) (Metastrongyloidea: Pseudaliidae)) were found in the bronchioles of the lungs. The nematodes as well as secondary bacterial infections may have been responsible for the development of pulmonary lesions.

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