Molecular Detection of Vibrio Paraheamolyticus in a Sperm Whale (Physeter Macrocephalus) Stranding in Northern Veracruz, Mexico

Overview

Journal Vet Res Commun

Publisher Springer

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2022 Sep 23

PMID 36149569

Authors

Arturo Serrano

Pablo Colunga-Salas

Sokani Sanchez-Montes

Blanca Zapata-Najera

Diana Vidal-Muniz

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Abstract

On 25 August 2021, a single female sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) was found stranded dead in Playa Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Skin biopsies were obtained and screened for the detection of various potentially pathogenic bacterial genera, using conventional polymerase chain reaction and sequencing of the positive amplicons. We recorded, for the first time, the presence of Vibrio paraheamolyticus in skin samples from P. macrocephalus in the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, we discuss 29 records reporting strandings of sperm whales from six states of the Mexican Republic. Most of the records are concentrated in the Pacific Ocean. Our findings increase the inventory of bacteria reported in P. macrocephalus worldwide, summarising the knowledge of stranding events in sperm whale populations in Mexico.

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