Aspiration Pneumonia as a Cause of Neonatal Death in Three Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncates)

Manami MAKARA; Akinori SHIMADA; Natsuko KAWAMURA; Toshiyuki MURASE; Takehito MORITA

doi:10.1292/jvms.69.325

Abstract

Neonatal weakness of calves is one of the common reproductive-related problems in captive cetaceans; clinical signs can be observed in the first few hours after delivery. Three 3-day-old bottlenose dolphins died with history of weakness since birth. Pathological study demonstrated purulent bronchopneumonia associated with prominent bacterial colonies and foreign substances in alveoli, suggesting aspiration pneumonia as a cause of neonatal weakness and resultant death of the three calves.

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