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Table 1 Necropsy, histopathology and morbillivirus detection results in the Stenella coeruleoalba individuals stranded in the 2011 epizootic

From: Unusual striped dolphin mass mortality episode related to cetacean morbillivirus in the Spanish Mediterranean sea

Stranding date (2011)

Age (length, cm)

Sex

Main gross lesions

Main histological lesions

Tissues tested for CeMV (positive samples underlined by UPL RT-PCR)

March 12

New born (108.7)

Male

Poor body condition, severe pneumonia

Focal broncointersticial pneumonia with few giant cells, necrotic areas in reticular and perivascular cells of lymph nodes

Brain, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node, Kidney

March 13

New born (112.3)

Male

Numerous injuries, severe enteritis in large intestine

Multifocal lymphocytic bronchointerstitial pneumonia, bronchoalveolar hemorrhages, eosinophilic lymphadenitis, nephritis

Brain, Thymus, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node, Kidney

March 15

Sub adult (170)

Female

Suboptimal body condition, gas bubbles in meninges vessels, severe pneumonia, mild gastritis

Severe non-suppurative meningoencephalitis, intranuclear inclusion bodies mainly in astrocytes

Brain, Lung, Prescapular and Pulmonary lymph nodes, Kidney

March 16

Adult (206)

Female

Poor body condition, severe pneumonia, enteritis in large intestine with numerous parasitic granulomas

Verminous bronchopneumonia, chronic nephritis

Brain*, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node, Kidney, Liver

March 23

Subadult (209)

Female

Cachexia, injuries, severe brain congestion, internal hemorrhage, atelectasis, large pulmonary bullae

Verminous bronchopneumonia, pleuritiswith bacterial colonies, systemic intravascular bacterial embolism

Brain, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node, Kidney

March 25

Subadult (170)

Female

Pneumonia in cranial left lung, enlarged and congestive prescapular and pulmonary lymph nodes

Severe non-suppurative meningoencephalitis

Brain, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node, Kidney, Tongue ulcer

March 26

Subadult (176)

Female

Poor body condition, maxilla and mandible fracture, brain congestion, numerous injuries, pneumonia, atelectasis, enlarged and hemorrhagic pulmonary and abdominal lymph nodes, hepatic congestion

Mild non-suppurative meningoencephalitis

Brain, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node, Kidney

March 29

New born (123)

Male

Suboptimal body condition, temporal fracture, tonsillitis, tongue ulcers, pulmonary fibrosis, severe pneumonia in right lung, enlarged and congestive pulmonary lymph nodes, severe enteritis in large intestine

Severe brain hemorrhages

Brain, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node

April 5

New born (109)

Female

Poor body condition, pneumonia, atelectasis, enlarged and congestive pulmonary lymph nodes, tonsillitis, enteritis in both small and large intestines

Not evaluated

Brain, Lung, Pulmonary lymph node

  1. *positive to phosphoprotein gene conventional RT-PCR.