Characterization of the 2013 Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event
IAAAM 2014
Thomas B. Waltzek1*; Natalie K. Steckler1; Lauren C. Brown1; Rachel N. Henriquez1; Jared T. Freitas1; Jeremiah T. Saliki2; Susan Sanchez2; Tracey Goldstein3; Michael T. Walsh4; John A. Lednicky5; Ole Nielsen6; Kathleen Colegrove7; David Rotstein8; Bryan Grenfell9; Sinead Morris9; Deborah Fauquier10; Teresa K. Rowles10; Mendy Garron11; Blair Mase-Guthrie12; Rob DiGiovanni13; Northeast and Southeast Atlantic Marine Mammal Stranding Network14; Oliver G. Pybus15; Abigail S. Clark16; Jason Ferrante17; Galaxia A. Cortes-Hinojosa17; Linda Archer17; James F.X. Wellehan17
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; 2Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; 3One Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA; 4Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; 5Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; 6Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 7Zoological Pathology Program, College of Veterinary Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, Maywood, IL, USA; 8Marine Mammal Pathology Services, Olney, MD, USA; 9Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; 10Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD, USA; 11Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester, MA, USA; 12Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, USA; 13Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, Riverhead, NY, USA; 14c/o Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, Riverhead, NY, USA; 15Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 16Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; 17Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Abstract

Viral pathogens represent a significant threat to the health of marine mammal populations. Despite strong evidence that cetacean morbilliviruses can have significant impacts on dolphin populations worldwide, little is known about the ecology and molecular epidemiology of these emerging viral pathogens. In this investigation, leading marine mammal researchers teamed up to characterize the 2013 Atlantic bottlenose dolphin unusual mortality event. The preliminary findings of this collaborative effort will be presented including: the host range and temporospatial scale of the morbillivirus epizootic, the observed gross and microscopic lesions, and the genomic sequence comparison of the 2013 bottlenose dolphin morbillivirus as compared to archived cetacean morbilliviruses.

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Thomas B. Waltzek
Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA


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