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  • Title: Isolation and characterization of Brucella from the lungworms of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
    Author: Dawson CE, Perrett LL, Stubberfield EJ, Stack JA, Farrelly SS, Cooley WA, Davison NJ, Quinney S.
    Journal: J Wildl Dis; 2008 Apr; 44(2):237-46. PubMed ID: 18436657.
    Abstract:
    Adult female nematodes identified as Pseudalius inflexus were collected from the lungs of a juvenile male harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) found dead on a beach in Cornwall, UK. Classic and molecular typing methods, immunologic and electron microscopy immunolabeling techniques, provided evidence of Brucella sp. infection within the uterine tissue of nematodes of this marine mammal. This finding presents further evidence to suggest parasites should be considered as a potential means of transfer of bacterial infection in marine mammals and highlights the zoonotic implications for humans exposed to marine mammals through occupation or leisure.
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