Vet Pathol Download to Citation Manager
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Turnbull, B. S.
Right arrow Articles by Cowan, D. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Turnbull, B. S.
Right arrow Articles by Cowan, D. F.

Veterinary Pathology, Vol 36, Issue 1 28-34, Copyright © 1999 by American College of Veterinary Pathologists

ARTICLES

Angiomatosis, a newly recognized disease in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Mexico

B. S. Turnbull and D. F. Cowan
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Galveston 77555-0588, USA.

A new disease, angiomatosis, was recognized in 25 of 54 (46.3%) Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) necropsied after being stranded along the Texas Gulf coast during 1991-1996. Angiomatosis was first recognized by the authors in 1992 and has increased in incidence and severity, affecting 100% of juveniles and adults. This disease is characterized by proliferation of small, thick-walled blood vessels diffusely throughout the lungs, without inflammation, exudation, or alveolar hemorrhage. The vascular proliferation also occurs in lung-associated and other visceral lymph nodes. Hemangiomas frequently occur in affected lymph nodes and occasionally in the lungs. The vascular proliferation reduces airspace and may occlude small airways. Angiomatosis appears to be a broad-field defect of vascular endothelium. Although this process appears to be an increasingly important factor in the morbidity of T. truncatus, its etiology has not been determined.




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1999 by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.