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Brucella ceti in Common Dolphins (<em>Delphinus delphis</em>) in Portugal – Characterization of First Isolates
2024-12-09
Abstract excerpt
This study investigates Brucella ceti infection in marine mammals stranded along the Lisbon and Tagus Valley coast between 2022 and mid-2024, marking the first report of Brucella presence in Portuguese waters. Out of 59 examined marine mammals, B. ceti was isolated in three common dolphins (5.1%), a prevalence rate consistent with previous studies from other coastlines. Pathological findings varied, with one dolph...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9278c409-c8de-5120-b7f4-cd7173113464
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202412.0676.v1
