Clinical, Parasitological and Pathological Examination of a White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) with Chronic Interstitial Pneumonia

Abstract

Clinical, parasitological and pathological examinations were performed on a 5-year-old female white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) which was kept in an aquarium and died in association with anorexia, diarrhea and occasional vomiting. Trematoda in the small intestine and nematodas in the bronchus and ureter were observed in the white whale. Pathological examination revealed interstitial pneumonia with marked interstitial fibrosis and occasional parasitic eggs in alveoli.