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. 2018 Oct 5;13(10):e0204444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204444

Fig 3. Panel of neonatal/perinatal pathologies in cetaceans stranded in the Canary Islands (2006–2012).

Fig 3

A) Pulmonary edema (animal no. 132; Balaenoptera acutorostrata). The trachea, mainstem bronchi and primary bronchi are filled with abundant frothy fluid. B) Pulmonary edema (animal no. 21; Stenella frontalis). The bronchioles and alveoli are diffusely filled by abundant proteinaceous fluid. Inset: numerous keratin squames (arrows) fill in the alveoli. H&E. C) Omphaloarteritis (animal no. 213; Kogia breviceps). The umbilical margin is infiltrated by abundant pleocellular suppurative inflammatory cells and fibrin. H&E. Inset: Numerous viable and degenerate neutrophils with macrophages, edema, fibrin and necrotic cell debris. H&E.