Seroprevalence Survey for Microsporidia in Common Bottlenose Dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus): Example of a Quantitative Approach Based on Immunoblotting.

J Wildl Dis

1 Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Avenue #7101A, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.

Published: October 2018

Little is known about microsporidiosis pathogenicity in cetaceans. Here we report seroprevalence of 76% for microsporidia in blood samples from common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus), from animals managed under human care ( n=108) or captured for health assessments ( n=13) and released.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2017-11-287DOI Listing

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