title: Pulmonary vascular proliferation and lungworm (Stenurus ovatus) in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops turncatus).
abstract: A female adult bottlenose dolphin suddenly died at 17 days after the capture. Macroscopically, severe pulmonary congestive edema was found. Histopathology revealed many lungworms in the bronchioli and the worms were identified as Stenurus ovatus. Variously sized vessels proliferated around the lesioned bronchioli. Based on these findings, chronic bronchopneumonia due to the lungworm was diagnosed and vascular proliferation was similar to angiomatosis recently reported in Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwamura
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sawamoto
authors.forename: Jyoji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamate
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050681:Bottle-Nosed Dolphin / Q000469:parasitology*; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000469:parasitology*; D017168:Rhabditida