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Título: Decompression vs. decomposition: distribution, amount and gas composition of bubbles in stranded marine mammals
Autores/as: González-Diaz, Oscar 
Arbelo, Manuel 
Sacchini, Simona 
Fernández, Antonio 
Bernaldo de Quiros, Yara 
Sierra, Eva 
Clasificación UNESCO: 2401 Biología animal (zoología)
Palabras clave: Decompression
Gas emboli
Gas-off;
Marine mammals
Nitrogen, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2012
Proyectos: Agl2005-07947/Gan Valoración Del Estado Sanitario de Cetáceos de la Familia Ziphiidae ("Zifios") en El Archipiélago Canario 
Publicación seriada: Frontiers in Physiology 
Resumen: Gas embolic lesions linked to military sonar have been described in stranded cetaceans including beaked whales. These descriptions suggest that gas bubbles in marine mammal tissues may be more common than previously thought. In this study we have analyzed gas amount (by gas score) and gas composition within different decomposition codes using a standardized methodology. This broad study has allowed us to explore species-specific variability in bubble prevalence, amount, distribution, and composition, as well as masking of bubble content by putrefaction gases. Bubbles detected within the cardiovascular system and other tissues related to both pre- and port-mortem processes are a common finding on necropsy of stranded cetaceans. To minimize masking by putrefaction gases, necropsy, and gas sampling must be performed as soon as possible. Before 24 h post mortem is recommended but preferably within 12 h post mortem. At necropsy, amount of bubbles (gas score) in decomposition code 2 in stranded cetaceans was found to be more important than merely presence vs. absence of bubbles from a pathological point of view. Deep divers presented higher abundance of gas bubbles, mainly composed of 70% nitrogen and 30% CO(2), suggesting a higher predisposition of these species to suffer from decompression-related gas embolism.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/45812
ISSN: 1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00177
Fuente: Frontiers in Physiology [ISSN1664-042X], v. 3 (Article 177)
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