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| Author(s): |
Mariani, Daniela Bueno
[1, 2]
;
Guimaraes, Juliana Placido
[1, 3]
;
Batista, Renata Guedes
[1]
;
Brum, Andrei
[1]
;
Groch, Katia Regina
[4]
;
Diaz-Delgado, Josue
[5]
;
Vergara Parente, Jociery Einhardt
[1, 6]
Total Authors: 7
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Fundacao Mamiferos Aquat, Nucleo Efeitos Antropogen Nos Recursos Marinhos, Hosp Vet Fac Pio Decimo, Aracaju, SE - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco UFRPE, Programa Posgrad Med Vet, Recife, PE - Brazil
[3] Univ Santa Cecilia, Programa Posgrad Sustentabilidade Ecossistemas Co, Santos, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Vet & Ciencia Anim, Dept Patol, Lab Patol Comparada Anima Silvestres, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[5] Texas A&M Vet Med Diagnost Lab, 483 Agron Rd, College Stn, TX 77843 - USA
[6] Inst Tecnol & Pesquisa Farolandia, Aracaju, SE - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Ciência Rural; v. 50, n. 2 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT: The Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) is a small odontocete distributed from Santa Catarina state, Brazil, to Honduras. Although it is currently considered “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, considerable knowledge on health and disease aspects of this species has been gained over the last decade. The main threats for the species are represented by multiple anthropic factors. Guiana dolphins feed on a variety of taxa, primarily teleosts, crustaceans, and cephalopods. Herein, we reported a case of severe laryngeal displacement and esophageal impaction with ulceration associated with a deglutted adult leatherjacket (Oligoplites sp.). This fish species is not a common prey item of Guiana dolphins’ diet. Severe upper aerodigestive compromise likely led to death by mechanical asphyxia (choke) in this dolphin. This report attested the occurrence of upper aerodigestive dysfunction due to overzealous feeding in Guiana dolphin and contributed to general knowledge on pathology of the species. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/24932-2 - Research and characterization of Morbiliviruses of cetaceans in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Kátia Regina Groch |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/02223-8 - Comparative immunopathology of cetacean morbillivirus infection: histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular studies |
| Grantee: | Josué Díaz Delgado |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |