Harbor Porpoise Deaths Associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the Netherlands, 2021

Authors :: IJsseldijk, Lonneke
Begeman, Lineke
Duim, Birgitta
Gröne, Andrea
Kik, Marja J.L.
Klijnstra, Mirjam D.
Lakemeyer, Jan
Leopold, Mardik F.
Oude Munnink, Bas B.
ten Doeschate, Mariel
van Schalkwijk, Linde
Zomer, Aldert
van der Graaf-Van Bloois, Linda
Broens, Els M.
IJsseldijk, Lonneke
Begeman, Lineke
Duim, Birgitta
Gröne, Andrea
Kik, Marja J.L.
Klijnstra, Mirjam D.
Lakemeyer, Jan
Leopold, Mardik F.
Oude Munnink, Bas B.
ten Doeschate, Mariel
van Schalkwijk, Linde
Zomer, Aldert
van der Graaf-Van Bloois, Linda
Broens, Els M.
Source :: ISSN: 1080-6040
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: In August 2021, a large-scale mortality event affected harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Netherlands. Pathology and ancillary testing of 22 animals indicated that the most likely cause of death was Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection. This zoonotic agent poses a health hazard for cetaceans and possibly for persons handling cetacean carcasses.

Database :: OAIster
Journal :: ISSN: 1080-6040
Notes :: application/pdf, Emerging Infectious Diseases 29 (2023) 4, ISSN: 1080-6040, ISSN: 1080-6040, English
Publication Type :: Electronic Resource
Accession number :: edsoai.on1376679712
Document Type :: Electronic Resource

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