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Title: Contribution to herpesvirus surveillance in beaked whales stranded in the Canary Islands
Authors: Felipe Jiménez, Idaira Del Carmen 
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús 
Andrada Borzollino, Marisa Ana 
Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio 
Segura Gothlin, Simona Andrea 
Colom Rivero, Ana 
Sierra Pulpillo, Eva María 
UNESCO Clasification: 240119 Zoología marina
310907 Patología
Keywords: Alphaherpesvirus
Beaked whale
Cetaceans
DNA polymerase
Herpesvirus, et al
Issue Date: 2021
Journal: Animals 
Abstract: Herpesviruses (HVs) (Alpha-and Gammaherpesvirinae subfamilies) have been detected in several species of cetaceans with different pathological implications. However, available information on their presence in beaked whales (BWs) is still scarce. In this study, a total of 55 BWs (35 Ziphius cavirostris and 20 animals belonging to the Mesoplodon genus) were analyzed. Samples (n = 294) were obtained from BWs stranded along the coasts of the Canary Islands (1990–2017). Molecular detection of HV was performed by means of a conventional nested PCR based on the DNA polymerase gene. Herpesvirus was detected in 14.45% (8/55) of the analyzed BWs, including 2 positive animals from a previous survey. A percentage positivity of 8.57% was found within the Cuvier’s BW group, while the percentage of positivity rose to 25% within the Mesoplodon genus group (three M. densirostris, one M. europaeus, and one M. bidens). All the obtained sequences from this study belonged to the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily, from which three are considered novel sequences, all of them within the Mesoplodon genus group. In addition, to our knowledge, this is the first description of HV infection in Gervais’ and Sowerby’s BWs. Three out of eight HVpositive BWs displayed histopathological lesions indicative of active viral replication.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/110905
ISSN: 2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani11071923
Source: Animals [ISSN 2076-2615], v. 11(7), 1923, (Junio 2021)
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