Forensic microbiology reveals that Neisseria animaloris infections in harbour porpoises follow traumatic injuries by grey seals

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dc.contributor.authorFoster, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorWhatmore, Adrian M.
dc.contributor.authorDagleish, Mark P.
dc.contributor.authorMalnick, Henry
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Maarten J.
dc.contributor.authorBegeman, Lineke
dc.contributor.authorMacgregor, Shaheed K.
dc.contributor.authorDavison, Nicholas J.
dc.contributor.authorRoest, Hendrik Jan
dc.contributor.authorJepson, Paul
dc.contributor.authorHowie, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorMuchowski, Jakub
dc.contributor.authorBrownlow, Andrew C.
dc.contributor.authorWagenaar, Jaap A.
dc.contributor.authorKik, Marja J. L.
dc.contributor.authorDeaville, Rob
dc.contributor.authorDoeschate, Mariel T. I. ten
dc.contributor.authorBarley, Jason
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Laura
dc.contributor.authorIJsseldijK, Lonneke L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T14:45:35Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T14:45:35Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-11
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted – 20 September 2019; Published online – 11 October 2019en_US
dc.description.abstractNeisseria animaloris is considered to be a commensal of the canine and feline oral cavities. It is able to cause systemic infections in animals as well as humans, usually after a biting trauma has occurred. We recovered N. animaloris from chronically inflamed bite wounds on pectoral fins and tailstocks, from lungs and other internal organs of eight harbour porpoises. Gross and histopathological evidence suggest that fatal disseminated N. animaloris infections had occurred due to traumatic injury from grey seals. We therefore conclude that these porpoises survived a grey seal predatory attack, with the bite lesions representing the subsequent portal of entry for bacteria to infect the animals causing abscesses in multiple tissues, and eventually death. We demonstrate that forensic microbiology provides a useful tool for linking a perpetrator to its victim. Moreover, N. animaloris should be added to the list of potential zoonotic bacteria following interactions with seals, as the finding of systemic transfer to the lungs and other tissues of the harbour porpoises may suggest a potential to do likewise in humans.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme receives financial support from the Scottish Government Marine Directorate and the UK Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Afairs (Defra). Bacterial characterisation work at APHA performed in this study was funded by the UK Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Afairs (Defra) under programme CR2001A. Necropsies conducted on English stranded porpoises in this study were carried out under the aegis of the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, which is co-funded by Defra and the Devolved Governments of Scotland and Wales. Moredun Research Institute receives funding via Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) division of the Scottish Government. Post mortem research on harbour porpoises in the Netherlands is commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (2008–2015 under project reference number 140000353; 2016 and 2017 under project reference number WOT-04-009-045). We are grateful for the help of Paulien Bunskoek, Tierry Jauniaux, Marco Snijders and Stiching SOS Dolfjn in the stranding events of the two cases examined at Utrecht University; for Sjoukje Hiemstra for her assistance at the necropsy of case UT692 and for Robert Reid for his help with the necropsy on one of the Scottish cases.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/136
dc.identifier.citationFoster, G., Whatmore, A. M., Dagleish, M. P., Malnick, H., Gilbert, M. J., Begeman, L., Macgregor, S. K., Davison, N. J., Roest, H. J., Jepson, P., Howie, F., Muchowski, J., Brownlow, A. C., Wagenaar, J. A., Kik, M. J. L., Deaville, R., Doeschate, M. T. I. ten, Barley, J., Hunter, L. and IJsseldijk, L. L. (2019) ‘Forensic microbiology reveals that Neisseria animaloris infections in harbour porpoises follow traumatic injuries by grey seals’, Scientific Reports. Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50979-3.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50979-3
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Researchen_US
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dc.subjectBacterial infectionen_US
dc.subjectBacteriologyen_US
dc.subjectConservation biologyen_US
dc.subjectMarine biologyen_US
dc.subjectPopulation dynamicsen_US
dc.titleForensic microbiology reveals that Neisseria animaloris infections in harbour porpoises follow traumatic injuries by grey sealsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-09-20
dcterms.dateSubmitted2019-02-14

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