Publications by authors named "L J Cabrias-Contreras"
Five adult Greater Caribbean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus were found stranded on various coasts of Puerto Rico; 2 stranded alive and 3 stranded dead. Clinical signs observed in live-stranded manatees included emaciation, weakness, bradypnea, arrhythmia, and nasal mucus discharge. Postmortem examinations revealed serosanguinous, mucohemorrhagic, or suppurative exudate in bronchi associated with luminal adult Pulmonicola cochleotrema (range: 18-182 trematodes), accompanied by pulmonary abscesses in 2 cases.
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- The Antillean manatee, an endangered species found in the Atlantic from Florida to Brazil, was rescued in Puerto Rico after suffering severe injuries from a boat.
- The manatee exhibited health issues including blood disorders and infections linked to immunosuppression, along with genital lesions caused by a novel strain of papillomavirus, identified as TmPV5.
- After 2.5 months of veterinary care, the manatee successfully recovered and was released, marking the first documented case of papillomatosis in wild Antillean manatees.
Medical management and resolution of perinatal bilateral exophthalmia and secondary corneal ulcers in an Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) neonate from Puerto Rico.
Vet Ophthalmol
May 2022
Objective: To present a novel case of perinatal bilateral exophthalmos and corneal ulcers in a neonate Antillean manatee and describe the medical treatment that led to the resolution of the observed clinical signs and vision restoration.
Animal Studied: A manatee stranded alone in Puerto Rico on July 5, 2020.
Results: The manatee was found in critical condition with pronounced exophthalmos, lagophthalmos, and corneal opacification of both eyes (OU).
Assessing the body condition of wild animals is necessary to monitor the health of the population and is critical to defining a framework for conservation actions. Body condition indices (BCIs) are a non-invasive and relatively simple means to assess the health of individual animals, useful for addressing a wide variety of ecological, behavioral, and management questions. The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee, facing a wide variety of threats from mostly human-related origins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe results of analysis of free-catch urine samples collected from Antillean manatees () under human care in the Caribbean.
Animals: 32 Antillean manatees in 5 Caribbean oceanaria and rescue centers.
Procedures: Urine samples were obtained by opportunistic free catch during physical examination or through the use of operant conditioning procedures.