Antibodies to Brucella spp. in Pacific bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-414

  Tachibana, Masato ^a   Watanabe, Kenta ^a   Kim, Suk ^a   Omata, Yoshitaka ^a   Murata, Koichi ^b   Hammond, Ted ^c   Watarai, Masahisa ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hammond Consultant Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Brucella; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 33748263994     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.412     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Corbel, J. M. 1985. Resent advances in the study of Brucella antigens and their serological cross-reactions. Veterinary Bulletin 55: 927-942.
2. Diaz-Aparicio, E., V. Aragon, C. Marin, B. Alonso, M. Font, E. Moreno, S. Perez-Ortiz, J. M. Blasco, R. Diaz, and I. Mariyon. 1993. Comparative analysis of Brucella serotype A and M and Yersinia enterocolitica O9 polysaccharides for serological diagnosis of brucellosis in cattle, sheep, and goats. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 31: 3136-3141.
3. Erdenebaatar, J., B. Bayarsaikhan, M. Watarai, S. Makino, and T. Shirahata. 2003. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to differentiate the antibody responses of animals infected with Brucella species from those of animals infected with Yersinia enterocolitica O9. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 4: 710-714.
4. Forbes, L. B., O. Nielsen, L. Measures, and D. R. Ewalt. 2000. Brucellosis in ringed seals and harp seals from Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36: 595-598.
5. Garner, M. M., D. M. Lambourn, S. J. Jeffries, P. B. Hall, J. C. Rhyan, D. R. Ewalt, L. M. Polzin, and N. F. Cheville. 1997. Evidence of Brucella infection in Parafilaroides lungworms in a Pacific harbor seal (Phocavitulina richardsi). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 9: 298-303.
6. Geraci, J. R., and V. J. Lounsbury. 1993. Marine mammals ashore a field guide for strandings. Texas A&M Sea Grant publication, Galveston, Texas, 51 pp.
7. Harmon, B. G., L. G. Adams, and M. Frey. 1988. Survival of rough and smooth strains of Brucella abortus in bovine mammary gland macrophages. American Journal of Veterinary Research 49: 1092-1097.
8. Jepson, P. D,, S. Brew, A. P. Macmillan, J. R. Baker, J. Barnett, J. K. Kirkwood, T. Kuiken, I. R. Robinson, and V. R. Simpson. 1997. Antibodies to Brucella in marine mammals around the coast of England and Wales. Veterinary Record 141: 513-515.
9. Ko, J., and G. A. Splitter. 2003. Molecular host-pathogen interaction in brucellosis: Current understanding and future approaches to vaccine development for mice and humans. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 12: 405-428.
10. Nielsen, O., K. Nielsen, and R. E. A. Stewart. 1996. Serologic evidence of Brucella spp. exposure in Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) and ringed seals (Phoca hispida) of Arctic Canada. Arctic 49: 383-386.
11. Ohishi, K., R. Zenitani T. Bando, Y. Goto, K. Uchida, T. Maruyama, S. Yamamoto, N. Miyazaki, and Y. Fujise. 2003. Pathological and serological evidence of Brucella-infection in baleen whales (Mysticeti) in the western North Pacific. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 26: 125-136.
12. Omata, Y., T. Hammond, K. Itoh, and K. Murata. 2005. Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in the pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) from Solomon islands. Journal of Parasitology 91: 965-967.
13. Retamal, P., O. Blank, P. Abalos, and D. Torres. 2000. Detection of anti-Brucella antibodies in pinnipeds from the Antarctic territory. Veterinary Record 146: 166-167.
14. Ross, H. M., K. L. Jahans, A. P. Macmillan, R. J. Reid, P. M. Thompson, and G. Foster. 1996. Brucella species infection in North Sea seal and cetacean populations. Veterinary Record 138: 647-648.
15. Tryland, M., L. Kleivane, A. Alfredsson, M. Kjeld, A. Arnason, S. Stuen, and J. Godfroid. 1999. Evidence of Brucella infection in marine mammals in the North Atlantic Ocean. Veterinary Record 144: 588-592.
16. Van Bressem, M-F., K. Van Waerebeek, J. A. Raga, J. Godfroid, S. D. Brew, and A. P. Macmillan. 2001. Serological evidence of Brucella species infection in odontocetes from the South Pacific and the Mediterranean. Veterinary Record 148: 257-661.