Table 1.
Clinical and pathological evidence of central nervous system disease and genital disease in live-stranded harbor porpoises in which herpesvirus was detected
Porpoise number | Pathology number | Age category | Gender | CNS disease | Genital disease | Herpesvirus PCR-positive samples | Tentative virus type | |||
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Nervous signs | Encephalitis | INIBa | Mucosal plaque | INIB | ||||||
1 | PP040324 | Juvenile | Male | No | Yes | No | No | No | Brain | PPHV-3 |
2 | PP050825.2 | Juvenile | Female | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Brain | PPHV-2 |
3 | PP051021 | Juvenile | Male | No | Yes | No | No | No | Brain, pulmonary lymph node | PPHV-3 |
4 | PP030320 | Juvenile | Male | No | No | No | No | No | Brain | PPHV-3 |
5 | PP060327.4 | Juvenile | Male | Yesb | No | No | No | No | Brain, cornea | PPHV-3 |
6 | PP050502 | Adult | Female | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Skeletal muscle, urinary bladder, kidney, skin lesion | PPHV-1 |
7 | PP140627c | Neonate | Female | No | No | No | No | No | Blowhole swab, genital swab | PPHV-3 |
8 | N.a.d | Juvenile | Male | No | N.a. | N.a. | No | N.a. | Blowhole swab | PPHV-3 |
aIntranuclear inclusion bodies.
bForceful expiration, body tremor, cramp.
cThis porpoise was swabbed on arrival at rehabilitation centre and subsequently autopsied.
dNot applicable.