Salmonella Newport omphaloarteritis in a stranded killer whale (Orcinus orca) neonate.
Salmonella enterica serovar Newport (Salmonella Newport) was isolated from multiple tissues in a neonate killer whale (Orcinus orca) that stranded dead in 2005 along the central coast of California, USA. Necrotizing omphaloarteritis and omphalophlebitis was observed on histologic examination suggesting umbilical infection was the route of entry. Genetic analysis of skin samples indicated that the neonate had an offshore haplotype. Salmonellosis has rarely been identified in free-ranging marine mammals and the significance of Salmonella Newport infection to the health of free-ranging killer whales is currently unknown.
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Ave., University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
Kathleen M
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Colegrove
Judy A
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St Leger
Stephen
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Raverty
Spencer
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Jang
Michelle
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Berman-Kowalewski
Joseph K
JK
Gaydos
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D001167:Arteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000473:pathology*; D014469:Umbilical Arteries; D050685:Whale, Killer / Q000382:microbiology*