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| Title: | Case Report: Ambergris coprolite and septicemia in a male sperm whale stranded in La Palma (Canary Islands) | Authors: | Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús Suarez Santana, Cristian Manuel Alonso Almorox, Paula Consoli, Francesco Mª Achille Suárez González, Zuleima Molpeceres Diego, Ignacio Iglesias González, Claudia Lorente Hernández, Marta Pérez, Amaranta Hugo Martín Barrasa, José Luis Llorente, Laura Iglesias Medina, Félix M. Guzmán, Raiden Grandía Llinás Rueda, Diego Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio Sierra Pulpillo, Eva María |
UNESCO Clasification: | 310907 Patología 240119 Zoología marina |
Keywords: | Ambergris sperm whale stranding septicemia pathology |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Journal: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science | Abstract: | On the 21st of May 2023, a dead adult male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) of 13 m in length and estimated weight of around 18,000 kg was reportedly stranded at Playa Los Nogales, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. A necropsy was performed 48hpm. A 50 cm diameter and 9.5 kg coprolite was found obstructing the caudal colon-rectal lumen. Necro-hemorrhagic lesions were found in heart muscles and three different bacteria of intestinal origin were isolated and identified (Edwarsiella tarda, Hathewaya limosa and Clostridium perfringens). It is reported a lethal septicemia of intestinal origin associated with ambergris coprolite as cause of death in this sperm whale. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/129840 | ISSN: | 2297-1769 | DOI: | 10.3389/fvets.2024.1388276 | Source: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science[ISSN2297-1769], v.11 (Abril 2024) |
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