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Panel of natural pathologies associated with loss of nutritional status in cetaceans stranded in the Canary Islands (2006–2012).

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posted on 2018-10-05, 17:30 authored by Josué Díaz-Delgado, Antonio Fernández, Eva Sierra, Simona Sacchini, Marisa Andrada, Ana Isabel Vela, Óscar Quesada-Canales, Yania Paz, Daniele Zucca, Kátia Groch, Manuel Arbelo

A) Cerebral herpesvirus infection (animal no. 165; S. coeruleoalba). Lymphocytic encephalitis with perivascular cuffing and gliosis. H&E. Inset: Focal eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion body (arrowhead). H&E. B) Atlanto-occipital osteoarthritis (animal no. 165; S. coeruleoalba). Marked, chronic osteoarthritis and synovitis with cartilage loss at the cranial articular facets of atlas vertebra. C) Nephrolithiasis (animal no. 127; Delphinus delphis). Severe nephrolithiasis with hydronephrosis, proximal hydroureter and chronic renicular disease with atrophy and hypertrophy. D) Ciliate protozoal lymphadenitis (animal no. 94; S. bredanensis). Pyogranulomatous and necrotizing prescapular lymphadenitis with numerous intralesional ciliate protozoan. H&E. Inset: Detail of ciliate protozoon surrounded by neutrophils and necrotic cell debris, and lymphocytes. H&E.