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Nasitrema attenuata (Trematoda) infection of Tursiops truncatus and its potentialities as an aetiological agent of chronic pulmonary lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

V. Kumar ,
J. Vercruysse ,
P. Kageruka  and
J. Mortelmans
V. Kumar
Affiliation:
Depart of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Belgium
J. Vercruysse
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Belgium
P. Kageruka
Affiliation:
Depart of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and Royal Zoological Society of AntwerpBelgium
J. Mortelmans
Affiliation:
Depart of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and Royal Zoological Society of AntwerpBelgium
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Abstract

Two cases of Nasitrema sp (Trematoda) infection of the bottlenosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, are reported and N. attenuata is briefly redescribed. The adults of the trernatode occurring in the nasal sinuses and posterior nasal passage of the dolphins are considered as practically harmless for the host but their eggs, aspirated deep into the bronchial tree, may initiate a foreign-body type of inflammatory reaction in the lungs and continuous aspiration of such eggs may provoke a chronic pneumonic condition.

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Research papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 1975 , pp. 289 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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