Acute myocarditis in a West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus (Sirenia: Trichechidae), from Puerto Rico

A 12-year old, adult male, West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, which stranded in Ponce,Puerto Rico 26 August 1992, died from cardiac failure. Suppurative epicarditis, myocarditis and endocarditis with mild to moderate degeneration and necrosis was caused by an unidentified infectious agent. Mod...

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Published in:Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors: D.P. Moore, E.H. Williams, Jr, A.A. Mignucci-Giannoni, L. Bunkley-Williams, F.E. Tippett, R.A. Montoya
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2008
Subjects:
Biología
myocarditis
endocarditis
Natural mortality
Chiorchis groschafti
suppurative epicarditis
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44920275021
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