Capture myopathy in live-stranded cetaceans

Herráez, P.; Monteros, A. Espinosa de los; Fernández, Antonio; Edwards, John F.; Sacchini, Simona; Sierra, Eva

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.09.021

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“…Descriptions of health surveillance or investigations into the causes of individual animal death or large-scale mortality events in whales, including those for SRWs, are limited (Stroud & Roffe 1979, Dailey et al 2000, Best et al 2001, Knowlton & Kraus 2001, Greig et al 2001, Moore et al 2005, Borsa 2006, Panigada et al 2006, Campbell-Malone et al 2008, Bogomolni et al 2010, Cassoff et al 2011, Groch et al 2012, Martino et al 2012, Rosas et al 2012, Arbelo et al 2013, Herráez et al 2013, Rowntree et al 2013, Marón et al 2015. These include ship strike and entanglement in fishing gear as a commonly documented cause of mortality in the northern right whale (NRW; Eubalaena glacialis) (Knowlton & Kraus 2001, Campbell-Malone et al 2008, Cassoff et al 2011, sonar as the cause of mass strandings of Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris), Blain ville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) and Gervais' beaked whales (Mesoplodon europaeus) (Arbelo et al 2013), and suspicion of biotoxicity due to harmful algal blooms or malnutrition in humpback (Mega ptera novaeangliae) and gray (Eschrichtius robustus) whales, respectively (Geraci et al 1989.…”

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Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012

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Martino³

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Dis. Aquat. Org.

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). Postmortem examination and pathogen testing were performed on 212 whales; 208 (98.1%) were calvesof-the-year and 48.0% of these were newborns or neonates. A known or probable cause of death was established in only a small number (6.6%) of cases. These included ship strike in a juvenile and blunt trauma or lacerations (n = 5), pneumonia (n = 4), myocarditis (n = 2), meningitis (n = 1), or myocarditis and meningitis (n = 1) in calves. Ante-mortem gull parasitism was the most common gross finding. It was associated with systemic disease in a single 1−2 mo old calf. Immunohistochemical labeling for canine distemper virus, Toxoplasma gondii and Brucella spp., and PCR for cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), influenza A, and apicomplexan protozoa were negative on formalin-fixed, paraffinembedded lung and brain samples from a subset of whales; PCR for Brucella spp. was positive in a newborn/neonate with pneumonia. Skin samples from whales with gull parasitism were PCR negative for CeMV, poxvirus, and papillomavirus. This is the first long-term study to investigate and summarize notable post-mortem findings in the PV SRW population. Consistent, significant findings within or between years to explain the majority of deaths and those in high-mortality years remain to be identified.

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Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012

McAloose¹,

Rago²,

Martino³

et al. 2016

Dis. Aquat. Org.

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“…A detailed necropsy, according to European Cetaceans Society [8] standard necropsy protocol, was carried out 8 hr after death (conservation code 2 according to [4]), and tissues were routinely sampled, formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded and processed for microscopic examination. Skeletal muscles sampled from the longissimus dorsi at the level of the dorsal fin were obtained during necropsy [5]. Transverse and longitudinal sections were trimmed, fixed in 10% buffered formalin ensuring them on a solid surface to prevent contraction and paraffin embedded, and serial sections were obtained for microscopic examination.…”

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“…The IHC analysis was performed using a polyclonal rabbit anti-human fibrinogen (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A., Dako, Agilent technology; dilution 1:200; incubated for 2 hr at 37°C) and polyclonal rabbit anti-human myoglobin (Agilent Technologies, Dako; dilution 1:800, incubated for 16 min at 42°C). The original IHC manual protocol [5] was modified to be performed using an automatic immunostainer (Ventana Benchmark XT, Ventana Medical System Inc., Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.). Finally, virological, microbiological and parasitological analyses were carried out to exclude any possible biological agent.…”

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“…CM has been documented in a broad variety of wild terrestrial and aquatic mammals [1, 5, 6, 10]. Clinical signs of CM are aspecific including depression, hyperthermia, ataxia and torticollis, and the more common laboratories abnormalities increase serum muscle enzymes and urea due to myoglobinuria [5]. The pathogenesis of CM in artiodactyls is complex and related to overstimulation of the sympathetic nervous system in response to stressful stimuli.…”

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“…Moreover, cetaceans stranded alive are usually debilitated, their condition deteriorates over time, and they often die after a period of captivity [5]. …”

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Clinico-pathological findings in a striped dolphin (<i>Stenella coeruleoalba</i>) affected by rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuric nephrosis (capture myopathy)

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Centelleghe

Rossi

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A striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) calf stranded alive because of a Salter-Harris fracture type 1 of a caudal vertebra and remained in a provisional rehabilitation facility for 3 days where the fracture stabilization was attempted, but he died the day after bandaging. Serum and urine samples were collected during hospitalization (days 1, 2 and 3 serum and day 2 urine). Serum analysis showed increased urea, alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, and serum amyloid A values, while creatinine was below the lower limit. Urine analysis showed urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio of 5.3 with glomerular proteinuria. Postmortem analyses demonstrated a severe rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuric nephrosis, suggestive of capture myopathy syndrome. We report, for the first time, the clinico-pathological changes during this condition in a striped dolphin.

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Wildlife capture, and the data collection associated with it, has led to major advancements in ecology that are integral to decision making pertaining to wildlife conservation. Capturing wildlife, however, can cause lethal and non-lethal risks to animals. Understanding the factors that contribute to the level of risk involved in wildlife capture is therefore important for the development and implementation of the safest and most effective methodologies. We used data from 736 animal captures of 389 individuals for 2 subspecies of female bighorn sheep (Rocky Mountain bighorn [Ovis canadensis canadensis], Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep [O. c. sierrae]) in Wyoming and California, USA, in 2002-2020 to evaluate the degree and extent of time that capture via helicopter net-gunning affects survival. We compared pre-and post-capture survival during a 10-week window centered on a capture event, and post-capture survival between captured animals and animals that were monitored but not captured during the 10-week window. Additionally, we evaluated the effects of handling techniques (number of times captured, season of capture event, handling time, chase time, and body temp) and biological factors (age and nutritional condition)

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Capture myopathy in live-stranded cetaceans

Cited by 55 publications

References 26 publications

Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012

Post-mortem findings in southern right whales Eubalaena australis at Península Valdés, Argentina, 2003-2012

Clinico-pathological findings in a striped dolphin (<i>Stenella coeruleoalba</i>) affected by rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuric nephrosis (capture myopathy)

Effects of helicopter net‐gunning on survival of bighorn sheep

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