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The Seal Death in Danish Waters 1988. 1. Pathological and Bacteriological Studies
Sældøden i danske farvande i 1988. 1. Patologiske og bakteriologiske undersøgelser
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 32, pages 205–210 (1991)
Abstract
During the seal epizootic in Danish waters in 1988 a total of 81 adult seals were necropsied. The cause of death was suppurative bronchopneumonia complicated by pleurisy. Histologically, an interstitial pneumonia with cytoplasmatic inclusion bodies typical of canine distemper was identified in many of the seals. The condition was in many cases complicated with a secondary infection with Bordetella bronchiseptica.
Sammendrag
I forbindelse med epizootien blandt sæler i danske farvande i 1988 blev 81 voksne sæler obduceret. Dødsårsagen var suppurativ bronchopneumoni. Ved histopatologisk undersøgelse fandtes der hos de fleste voksne sæler interstitiel pneumoni med cytoplasmatiske inklusionslegemer typisk for hundesyge. Sekundær infektion med Bordetelia bronchiseptica i lungerne og lungeormangreb var almindelige komplikationer.
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Heje, NI., Henriksen, P. & Aalbœk, B. The Seal Death in Danish Waters 1988. 1. Pathological and Bacteriological Studies. Acta Vet Scand 32, 205–210 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546982
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