Photobacterium Damselae Subspecies Damselae Pneumonia in Dead, Stranded Bottlenose Dolphin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea
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Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae, an abundant, generalist marine pathogen, has been reported in various cetaceans worldwide. We report a bottlenose dolphin in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that was found stranded and dead. The dolphin had a severe case of chronic suppurative pneumonia and splenic lymphoid depletion caused by this pathogen.
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