| post mortem investigations on cetaceans found stranded on the coasts of italy between 1990 and 1993. | detailed pathological and virological examinations were carried out on 25 cetaceans found stranded between 1990 and 1993 on the coasts of six italian regions (latium, tuscany, apulia, abruzzo, veneto and sicily). there were 16 striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba), three bottlenosed dolphins (tursiops truncatus), three risso's dolphins (grampus griseus), one rough-toothed dolphin (steno bredanensis), one fin whale pup (balaenoptera physalus), and one minke whale (balaenoptera acutorostrata). ... | 1995 | 7631479 |
| brucella ceti from two striped dolphins stranded on the apulia coastline, italy. | since 1994, when brucella ceti was first isolated from an aborted dolphin fetus, several cases have been reported worldwide. the first case of b. ceti in the mediterranean (and in italy), however, was recorded only in 2012, off the coast of tuscany. extensive studies, using serological and microbiological methods, have documented this bacterium in dolphins and demonstrated its zoonotic potential. we describe the typing of two b. ceti strains isolated from striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba) ... | 2014 | 24324028 |