Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) - Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9AD.
Vet Rec. 2011 Jul 2;169(1):14. doi: 10.1136/vr.d2714. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
Eight bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that stranded in Cornwall, south-west England, between June 2004 and December 2007 were examined using standardised postmortem examination and bacteriological methods. Evidence of Brucella species infection was found in four of these dolphins on culture. In addition, of the eight dolphins, four were positive and two were weakly positive for antibodies to Brucella species on serological analyses of pericardial and other fluids using a competitive ELISA and two indirect ELISAs. High or very high levels of the sum of 25 individual chlorobiphenyl congeners (∑25CBs) were also determined in blubber samples from two of the dolphins (45.5 and 446.6 mg/kg lipid weight).
2004 年 6 月至 2007 年 12 月期间，在英格兰西南部的康沃尔郡搁浅的 8 只宽吻海豚（Tursiops truncatus）接受了标准的剖检和细菌学检查。在这 8 只海豚中，有 4 只在培养物中发现了布鲁氏菌属感染的证据。此外，在对心包和其他体液进行的血清学分析中，使用竞争 ELISA 和两种间接 ELISA，有 4 只海豚对布鲁氏菌属的抗体呈阳性，2 只呈弱阳性。在来自两只海豚的鲸脂样本中，也确定了 25 种单个氯联苯同系物（∑25CBs）的总和的高水平或非常高水平（45.5 和 446.6 mg/kg 脂质重量）。
