title: Helicobacter cetorum infection in striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), and short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphus) from the southwest coast of England.
abstract: Helicobacter infection in cetaceans was first reported from the US in 2000 when the isolation of a novel Helicobacter species was described from two Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus). Since then, Helicobacter species have been demonstrated in cetaceans and pinnipeds from around the world. Since 1990, the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency Polwhele, Truro, has been involved in the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme to establish the cause of death of cetacean species stranded along the coast of Cornwall, England. We describe the isolation of Helicobacter cetorum in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) and evidence of H. cetorum infection in cetaceans from European waters.
authors.affiliation: 1  Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9AD, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: James E F
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koylass
authors.forename: Adrian M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Whatmore
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Deaville
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Jepson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean / Q000453:epidemiology; D004289:Dolphins; D004739:England; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Delphinus delphis; Helicobacter cetorum; Lagenorhynchus acutus; Stenella coeruleoalba