Encephalitis in a northern bottlenose whale
Author:
Barley J, Foster G, Reid B, Dagleish M, Howie F
Date: 1 January 2000
Abstract:
Correspondence; no abstract. First three paragraphs: We wish to report a case of fungal encephalitis due to Aspergillus fumigatus infection in a juvenile male northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) that stranded on the north-east coast of Scotland at North Kessock, Highland, in October 2006.!
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!The whale was sighted circling and in extremis in shallow water during the late afternoon of October 16, 2006. The animal subsequently live stranded on the beach and died after a very short period of time.!
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!Postmortem examination was performed according to a recognised protocol for cetaceans developed as a part of the Collaborative uk Marine Mammal Strandings Project. Full gross, micro-biological and histological examinations were carried out to establish as far as possible the most likely causes of the live stranding and death.
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