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

Guillaume Désoubeaux | Zendy; Roman Peschke | Zendy; Carolina Le-Bert | Zendy; Vanessa Fravel | Zendy; Jeny Soto | Zendy; Eric D. Jensen | Zendy; Jennifer E. Flower | Zendy; Randall S. Wells | Zendy; Anja Joachim | Zendy; Carolyn Cray | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Guillaume Désoubeaux,

Roman Peschke,

Carolina Le-Bert,

Vanessa Fravel,

Jeny Soto,

Eric D. Jensen,

Jennifer E. Flower,

Randall S. Wells,

Anja Joachim,

Carolyn Cray

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of wildlife diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.613

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1943-3700

pISSN - 0090-3558

DOI - 10.7589/2017-11-287

Subject(s) - bottlenose dolphin , microsporidia , biology , seroprevalence , zoology , pathogenicity , microsporidiosis , fishery , veterinary medicine , serology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , spore , medicine

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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