Geraci J R, Hicks B D, St Aubin D J
Can J Comp Med. 1979 Oct;43(4):399-404.
Poxvirus has been identified morphologically from skin lesions in captive and free-ranging bottlenosed dolphins, Tursiops truncatus and a stranded Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus. The lesions, commonly referred to as ring or pinhole lesions, appear as solitary or coalesced circular grey blemishes. Advanced ring lesions may take the form of black punctiform stippled patterns known as "tattoo". Histologically, the stratum externum is thickened, and there is ballooning degeneration and eosinophilic intractyoplasmic inclusions in the stratum intermedium. These includions contain virus particles which exhibit typical poxvirus morphology. Stress, environmental conditions and general health appear to play a major role in the clinical manifestation of dolphin pox.
在圈养和野生的宽吻海豚（Tursiops truncatus）以及一头搁浅的大西洋白侧海豚（Lagenorhynchus acutus）的皮肤损伤中，已通过形态学鉴定出痘病毒。这些损伤通常被称为环形或针孔状损伤，表现为单个或融合的圆形灰色斑点。晚期环形损伤可能呈现为黑色点状斑纹，即所谓的“纹身”。组织学上，外层增厚，中层有气球样变性和嗜酸性胞浆内包涵体。这些包涵体含有呈现典型痘病毒形态的病毒颗粒。应激、环境条件和总体健康状况似乎在海豚痘的临床表现中起主要作用。
