ArticlePloS one2014
Histopathological muscle findings may be essential for a definitive diagnosis of suspected sharp trauma associated with ship strikes in stranded cetaceans.
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- Cetacean Stranding Response Program and Spatial-Temporal Analysis in Taiwan, 1994-2018.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Skull and Neck Lesions in a Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Molecular Diagnosis of Cetacean Morbillivirus in Beaked Whales Stranded in the Canary Islands (1999-2017).Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Contribution to Herpesvirus Surveillance in Beaked Whales Stranded in the Canary Islands.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Increased Plasma Cardiac Troponin I in Live-Stranded Cetaceans: Correlation with Pathological Findings of Acute Cardiac Injury.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Retrospective Study of Fishery Interactions in Stranded Cetaceans, Canary Islands.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Retrospective Study of Traumatic Intra-Interspecific Interactions in Stranded Cetaceans, Canary Islands.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Skeletal and Cardiac Rhabdomyolysis in a Live-Stranded Neonatal Bryde's Whale With Fetal Distress.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
- Pathologic findings and causes of death of stranded cetaceans in the Canary Islands (2006-2012).PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Ship strikes are a major issue for the conservation of may cetacean species. Certain gross and microscopic criteria have been previously reported for establishing a diagnosis of death due to ship strikes in these animals. However, some ship-strike injuries may be masked by advanced carcass decomposition and may be undetectable due to restricted access to the animals. In this report we describe histopathological muscular findings in 13 cetaceans with sharp trauma from ship strikes as the cause of death. Skeletal muscle samples were taken from the incision site and from the main locomotor muscle, the longissimus dorsi, in areas not directly affected by the sharp injury. The microscopic findings in tissues from both sites mainly consisted of haemorrhages; oedema; flocculent, granular or/and hyalinised segmentary degeneration; contraction band necrosis; and discoid degeneration or fragmentation of myofibres. We propose that skeletal muscle histopathology provides evidence of ante-mortem injuries even if the sample was taken elsewhere in the carcass and not only within or adjacent to the sharp trauma site and despite the advanced decomposition of some of the carcasses. This method helps to establish the diagnosis of ship strike as the cause of death.
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