Lobo's Disease in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates) from Matagorda Bay, Texas
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 29 (3) , 488-489
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.488
Abstract
Lobo's disease was diagnosed in a free-ranging male bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus examined as part of a live-capture and release program conducted in Matagorda Bay, Texas, USA, during July 1992. Diagnosis was based on typical presentation of a raised skin lesion, with sub-epidermal granuloma and demonstration of typical features of the organ- ism by light microscopy, using hematoxylin and eosin, and methenamine silver stains. This is the first instance of Lobo's disease found in a dol- phin on the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: