| morbilliviral disease in atlantic bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) from the 1987-1988 epizootic. | lungs and lymph nodes of 79 atlantic bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) that died from 6 august 1987 to 16 april 1988 along the atlantic coasts of new jersey, virginia, and florida (usa) were examined histologically and were tested for the presence of morbillivirus antigen by an immunoperoxidase technique. lung lesions included areas of interstitial pneumonia characterized by varying combinations of type ii pneumocyte hyperplasia, interstitial fibroplasia and leukocytes, syncytia, and intr ... | 1994 | 7760492 |
| morbilliviral disease in an atlantic bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus) from the gulf of mexico. | a free-living adult female atlantic bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus) found dead near panama city, florida (usa), had necrotizing and ulcerative tracheitis, suppurative and hemorrhagic pneumonia, and necrotizing myocarditis; fungal hyphae were present in these lesions. additionally, lungs had multifocal proliferative interstitial pneumonia with occasional syncytial cells. some syncytial cells and type ii pneumocytes contained eosinophilic intranuclear or intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies, ... | 1994 | 7760493 |