Mikaelian I, Lapointe J M, Labelle P, Higgins R, Paradis M, Martineau D
Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and Centre québécois sur la santé des animaux sauvages, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, J2S 7C6.
Vet Dermatol. 2001 Feb;12(1):59-62. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3164.2001.00216.x.
Six beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) found dead on the shores of the St. Lawrence estuary had multiple slightly depressed greyish round areas randomly distributed over the whole body. Histologically, the surface of these areas was covered with a thick layer of Dermatophilus-like organisms which invaded the stratum corneum. The underlying stratum spinosum had marked spongiosis and vacuolar degeneration. Minimal neutrophilic infiltration was present within the underlying dermal papillae. To the authors' knowledge, dermatophilosis in cetaceans has not been reported previously.
在圣劳伦斯河口海岸发现的6头白鲸（白鲸属）尸体上，全身随机分布着多个略凹陷的浅灰色圆形区域。组织学检查发现，这些区域的表面覆盖着一层厚厚的类嗜皮菌属微生物，它们侵入了角质层。其下方的棘层有明显的海绵形成和空泡变性。真皮乳头内有少量嗜中性粒细胞浸润。据作者所知，此前尚未有鲸类动物患嗜皮菌病的报道。
