Year: 2001
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: 20-year-old male and a 6-year-old male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), both born in captivity, were suspected of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in August 1999. The older dolphin died and E. rhusiopathiae serotype 2 was isolated from his blood samples. The younger dolphin recovered from subacute erysipelas by administering sultamicillin tosilate (15mg/kg, BID) and doxycycline (8mg/kg, BID) although skin lesions were showing. Antibody against E. rhusiopathiae serotype 2 in the sera from these dolphins was detected.
DOI: 10.5686/jjzwm.6.67
Authors: Fumio TERASAWA, Yasushi KATAOKA, Takuo SAWADA, Kimimasa TAKAHASHI, Masakazu KITAMURA, Asami FUJIMOTO
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2802554558