Herpesvirus infection with severe lymphoid necrosis affecting a beaked whale stranded in the Canary Islands.
This report describes the pathologic findings in a single, adult female Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris stranded in the Canary Islands. The study indicated that this whale died with a severe, systemic, herpesviral infection and clearly exhibited lesions different from those of the fat and gas embolic syndrome described in beaked whale mass strandings associated with sonar exposure. This is the first report of a cetacean alphaherpesvirus infection of the lymphoid system in a beaked whale.
Arbelo
Manuel
M
Unit of Histology and Veterinary Pathology, Institute for Animal Health, Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Sierra
Eva
E
Esperón
Fernando
F
Watanabe
Tatiane T N
TT
Bellière
Edwige N
EN
Espinosa de los Monteros
Antonio
A
Fernández
Antonio
A
D018138:Alphaherpesvirinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013030:Spain; D014907:Whales