Publications by authors named "Vicente Marco-Cabedo"
spp. are zoonotic pathogens that can affect both terrestrial and marine mammals. has been identified in various cetacean species, but only one sequence type (ST27) has been reported in humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst description of a lesion in the upper digestive mucosa associated with a novel gammaherpesvirus in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
Ignacio Vargas-Castro José Luis Crespo-Picazo Mª Ángeles Jiménez Martínez Vicente Marco-Cabedo Marta Muñoz-Baquero
BMC Vet Res
August 2023
Article Synopsis
- - A young female striped dolphin stranded in Spain exhibited serious physical lesions and internal health issues, including congestion in the central nervous system and abnormal growths in the upper digestive area.
- - Tissue samples taken from the dolphin tested negative for cetacean morbillivirus but showed positive results for Brucella spp. and detected herpesvirus in a lesion in the digestive mucosa.
- - This case is significant as it is the first documented instance of gammaherpesvirus-related lesions in the upper digestive system of a striped dolphin.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted using homing pigeons to investigate the effects of clinical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging on their ability to orient themselves using the earth's magnetic field.
- Pigeons were divided into three groups, two of which underwent different types of MR exposure, while a control group was not exposed to MR fields.
- Results indicated that pigeons exposed to varying magnetic fields showed greater variability in their orientation when released, suggesting that MR imaging may temporarily disrupt the magnetoreception ability of these birds.
Alpha- and gammaherpesviruses in stranded striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Spain: first molecular detection of gammaherpesvirus infection in central nervous system of odontocetes.
Ignacio Vargas-Castro José Luis Crespo-Picazo Belén Rivera-Arroyo Rocío Sánchez Vicente Marco-Cabedo
BMC Vet Res
August 2020
Background: Herpesvirus infections in cetaceans have always been attributed to the Alphaherpesvirinae and Gammaherpesvirinae subfamilies. To date, gammaherpesviruses have not been reported in the central nervous system of odontocetes.
Case Presentation: A mass stranding of 14 striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) occurred in Cantabria (Spain) on 18th May 2019.