Abstract
A case of systemic mycosis due to a Rhizopus sp. infection is described in a dead-stranded, 10-yr-old, male harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) found on the beach of Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic Sea (Germany). At necropsy, granulomatous mycotic lesions in brain, lung, kidneys, testis, and draining lymph nodes were found. In addition, a focal ulcerative gastritis of the first stomach, due to a nematode infection, was present and is suspected to be the portal of entry for the fungus.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 569-573 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of wildlife diseases |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1999 |
Keywords
- Case report
- Harbor porpoise
- Phocoena phocoena
- Rhizopus sp.
- Systemic mycosis