Novel Lethal Clostridial Infection in Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris): Cause of the 2013 Unusual Mortality Event in the Indian River Lagoon

Novel Lethal Clostridial Infection in Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris): Cause of the 2013 Unusual Mortality Event in the Indian River Lagoon

The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) on Florida’s east coast is a biologically diverse estuary and an important habitat to the threatened Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). An unusual mortality event (UME) was declared by the Working Group on Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events in 2013 af...

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Main Authors: Jan H. Landsberg, Maki Tabuchi, David S. Rotstein, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Thais C. S. Rodrigues, Thomas B. Waltzek, Nicole I. Stacy, Patrick W. Wilson, Yasunari Kiryu, Francisco A. Uzal, Martine de Wit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
manatee
mortality
dietary shift
dysbiosis
Paeniclostridium sordellii
Clostridioides difficile
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.841857/full

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