Smith A W, Skilling D E
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1979 Nov 1;175(9):918-20.
Poxvirus and several serotypes of calicivirus cause recognizable disease in marine mammals. Pox lesions in pinnipeds are raised and proliferative and are seen most frequently after confinement in captivity. In cetaceans, a poxvirus is associated with a much more benign and chronic lesion called a "tattoo." Numerous caliciviruses of differing antigenic types have been isolated from vesicular lesions and aborted fetuses of northern fur seals and California sea lions as well as from clinically normal and orphaned northern elephant seal pups. An adenovirus has been isolated from a sei whale and an enterovirus has been isolated from a gray whale.
痘病毒和几种杯状病毒血清型可在海洋哺乳动物中引发可识别的疾病。鳍足类动物身上的痘疹呈凸起状且会增殖，在圈养后最为常见。在鲸类动物中，一种痘病毒与一种更为良性的慢性病变相关，称为“纹身”。已从北海狗和加利福尼亚海狮的水疱性病变及流产胎儿，以及临床正常和孤儿的北象海豹幼崽中分离出多种不同抗原类型的杯状病毒。从一头塞鲸中分离出了一种腺病毒，从一头灰鲸中分离出了一种肠道病毒。
