Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil
The Cuvier's beaked whale (CBW; Ziphius cavirostris) is a cosmopolitan marine mammal found in deep tropical and temperate waters of all oceans. CBW strandings have been recorded sporadically in Brazil; however, there is lack of information available regarding their causes of stranding and/or de...
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| author | Andrei M.B. Febronio Gisele S. Boos Renata L.G. Batista Derek B. Amorim Juliana P. Guimarães Matheus V. Bianchi Daniela B. Mariani Letícia Koproski Cristine Mari Jociery.E.V. Parente Luciana Sonne Max R. Werneck Sandra M.T. Marques David Driemeier Cristiane K.M. Kolesnikovas Karina R. Groch Caroline Sobotyk Guilherme G. Verocai Kátia R. Groch Josué Díaz-Delgado |
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| description | The Cuvier's beaked whale (CBW; Ziphius cavirostris) is a cosmopolitan marine mammal found in deep tropical and temperate waters of all oceans. CBW strandings have been recorded sporadically in Brazil; however, there is lack of information available regarding their causes of stranding and/or death. Herein, we report the epidemiologic, pathologic, morphologic parasitologic features and molecular identification of arterial and renal crassicaudiasis by Crassicauda sp. in three geographically and chronologically distant CBW stranded off Brazil. CBW-1 was an adult male stranded dead in Rio Grande do Sul State. CBW-2 was an adult female that stranded alive in Sergipe State and died shortly after. CBW-3 was and adult male that stranded dead in Santa Catarina State. The most relevant pathologic findings in these three CBW were severe, chronic proliferative mesenteric and caudal aortic endarteritis and chronic granulomatous and fibrosing interstitial nephritis with renicular atrophy and loss, and numerous intralesional Crassicauda sp. nematodes. Furthermore, CBW-1 had concomitant gram-negative bacterial pneumonia and pulmonary and hepatic thromboembolism. Morphologic analysis of renal adult nematodes identified Crassicauda sp. in the three CBW. Molecular analyses targeting the 18S and ITS-2 ribosomal loci of renal nematodes in CBW-2 and CBW-3 identified C. anthonyi. It is believed that severe arterial and renal crassicaudiasis likely resulted or contributed significantly to morbidity and death of these animals. These results expand the known geographical range of occurrence of crassicaudiasis in CBW. Specifically, the present study provides the first accounts of arterial and renal crassicaudiasis in CBW off the southern hemisphere, specifically in CBW off Brazil, and to the authors' knowledge, it is the first record of C. anthonyi in the southern Atlantic Ocean. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ff96b9c0e95493096893ca0801f13612022-12-21T22:57:46ZengElsevierInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife2213-22442021-12-0116262269Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off BrazilAndrei M.B. Febronio0Gisele S. Boos1Renata L.G. Batista2Derek B. Amorim3Juliana P. Guimarães4Matheus V. Bianchi5Daniela B. Mariani6Letícia Koproski7Cristine Mari8Jociery.E.V. Parente9Luciana Sonne10Max R. Werneck11Sandra M.T. Marques12David Driemeier13Cristiane K.M. Kolesnikovas14Karina R. Groch15Caroline Sobotyk16Guilherme G. Verocai17Kátia R. Groch18Josué Díaz-Delgado19Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação - Centro de Estudos do Mar/UFPR, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Avenida Beira Mar, s/n, Pontal do Sul, 83255-000, Pontal do Paraná, Paraná, BrazilSetor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Av. Bento Gonçalves - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 90650-002, BrazilAnimal Service, Rua Vinte e Cinco, 49007, 134reia Branca, Aracaju, SE, BrazilSetor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Av. Bento Gonçalves - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 90650-002, Brazil; Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos e Marinhos (CECLIMAR), Av. Tramandaí, Campus Litoral Norte, UFRGS, 95625-000, Imbé, RS, BrazilCentro Universitário São Judas – Campus Unimonte, Rua Comendador Martins, 52, Vila Mathias, 11015-530, Santos, SP, BrazilSetor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Av. Bento Gonçalves - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 90650-002, BrazilFundação Mamíferos Aquáticos, Estrada de Matapuã, 411, Anexo Chácara Anjo Gabriel, Mosqueiro, 49100-00, São Cristovão, SE, BrazilInstituto Brasileiro para a Medicina da Conservação – Tríade, Rua Silveira Lôbo, 52061-030, Recife, PE, BrazilSetor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Av. Bento Gonçalves - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 90650-002, BrazilFundação Mamíferos Aquáticos, Estrada de Matapuã, 411, Anexo Chácara Anjo Gabriel, Mosqueiro, 49100-00, São Cristovão, SE, BrazilSetor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Av. Bento Gonçalves - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 90650-002, BrazilInstituto BW para conservação e medicina da fauna marinha, Rua Professora Sueli Brasil Flores n.88, bairro da Praia seca, 28972-765, Araruama, RJ, BrazilLaboratório de Helmintologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Rua Vinte e Cinco, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilSetor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. Av. Bento Gonçalves - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 90650-002, BrazilAssociação R3 Animal, Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, 88061-500, Florianópolis, SC, BrazilInstituto Australis, Av. Atlântica sn CP. 201 - Itapirubá Norte, 88780-000, Imbituba, SC, BrazilDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, TX, USADepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, TX, USADepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, TX, USATexas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, 483 Agronomy Rd., 77843, College Station, TX, USA; Corresponding author.The Cuvier's beaked whale (CBW; Ziphius cavirostris) is a cosmopolitan marine mammal found in deep tropical and temperate waters of all oceans. CBW strandings have been recorded sporadically in Brazil; however, there is lack of information available regarding their causes of stranding and/or death. Herein, we report the epidemiologic, pathologic, morphologic parasitologic features and molecular identification of arterial and renal crassicaudiasis by Crassicauda sp. in three geographically and chronologically distant CBW stranded off Brazil. CBW-1 was an adult male stranded dead in Rio Grande do Sul State. CBW-2 was an adult female that stranded alive in Sergipe State and died shortly after. CBW-3 was and adult male that stranded dead in Santa Catarina State. The most relevant pathologic findings in these three CBW were severe, chronic proliferative mesenteric and caudal aortic endarteritis and chronic granulomatous and fibrosing interstitial nephritis with renicular atrophy and loss, and numerous intralesional Crassicauda sp. nematodes. Furthermore, CBW-1 had concomitant gram-negative bacterial pneumonia and pulmonary and hepatic thromboembolism. Morphologic analysis of renal adult nematodes identified Crassicauda sp. in the three CBW. Molecular analyses targeting the 18S and ITS-2 ribosomal loci of renal nematodes in CBW-2 and CBW-3 identified C. anthonyi. It is believed that severe arterial and renal crassicaudiasis likely resulted or contributed significantly to morbidity and death of these animals. These results expand the known geographical range of occurrence of crassicaudiasis in CBW. Specifically, the present study provides the first accounts of arterial and renal crassicaudiasis in CBW off the southern hemisphere, specifically in CBW off Brazil, and to the authors' knowledge, it is the first record of C. anthonyi in the southern Atlantic Ocean.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224421001127CrassicaudaCetaceanBronchopneumoniaMarine mammalNematodeParasitism |
| spellingShingle | Andrei M.B. Febronio Gisele S. Boos Renata L.G. Batista Derek B. Amorim Juliana P. Guimarães Matheus V. Bianchi Daniela B. Mariani Letícia Koproski Cristine Mari Jociery.E.V. Parente Luciana Sonne Max R. Werneck Sandra M.T. Marques David Driemeier Cristiane K.M. Kolesnikovas Karina R. Groch Caroline Sobotyk Guilherme G. Verocai Kátia R. Groch Josué Díaz-Delgado Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife Crassicauda Cetacean Bronchopneumonia Marine mammal Nematode Parasitism |
| title | Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil |
| title_full | Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil |
| title_short | Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil |
| title_sort | crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant cuvier s beaked whales ziphius cavirostris stranded off brazil |
| topic | Crassicauda Cetacean Bronchopneumonia Marine mammal Nematode Parasitism |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224421001127 |
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