Two male Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) died at the marine aquarium in Inagi City, Tokyo, Japan. Acid-fast bacteria were demonstrated in tuberculoid nodules in the lungs from both manatees. Mycobacterium marinum and M. fortuitum were isolated from one manatee; M. marinum and M. kansasii were cultured from the second animal. This report confirms the pathogenicity and potentially fatal outcome of mycobacterial infection in manatees. In addition, the pathologic response to infection with these mycobacteria in manatees is similar to that associated with Mycobacterium spp. in other animals.
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1 June 2003
MYCOBACTERIOSIS IN TWO CAPTIVE FLORIDA MANATEES (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS)
Tsuneo Sato,
Hisashi Shibuya,
Shigeo Ohba,
Toshio Nojiri,
Wataru Shirai
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 34 • No. 2
June 2003
Vol. 34 • No. 2
June 2003
granuloma
manatee
mycobacteriosis
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium marinum
Trichechus manatus