Dagleish M P, Barley J, Finlayson J, Reid R J, Foster G
Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Near Edinburgh, Midlothian EH26 OPZ, UK.
J Comp Pathol. 2008 Jul;139(1):54-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.03.004. Epub 2008 Jun 2.
Brucellosis is reported increasingly in marine mammals and the marine species of Brucella are capable of causing community acquired zoonotic infections in humans as well as abortion in cattle as a result of experimental infection. This case report describes pathology associated with an isolate of Brucella ceti that was successfully cultured from, and immunolabelled in, the testis and epididymis of an adult sexually mature free-living harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). This is the first report of such pathology in any species of cetacean, and suggests the potential for sexual transmission and/or sterility as sequelae to infection similar to those reported in terrestrial animals.
海洋哺乳动物中布鲁氏菌病的报告越来越多，并且海洋布鲁氏菌物种能够在人类中引起社区获得性人畜共患感染，以及在实验感染后导致牛流产。本病例报告描述了与一株来自成年性成熟自由生活港湾鼠海豚（Phocoena phocoena）睾丸和附睾并成功培养及免疫标记的鲸型布鲁氏菌相关的病理学特征。这是在任何鲸类物种中首次报告此类病理学特征，并表明存在与陆地动物中报告的类似感染后遗症，即性传播和/或不育的可能性。
