title: Aspiration pneumonia as a cause of neonatal death in three captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates).
abstract: Neonatal weakness of calves is one of the common reproductive-related problems in captive cetaceans; clinical signs can be observed in the first few hours after delivery. Three 3-day-old bottlenose dolphins died with history of weakness since birth. Pathological study demonstrated purulent bronchopneumonia associated with prominent bacterial colonies and foreign substances in alveoli, suggesting aspiration pneumonia as a cause of neonatal weakness and resultant death of the three calves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tottori University, Japan.
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makara
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Takehito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D050681:Bottle-Nosed Dolphin; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*