UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN

FACULTA DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA Y ZOOTECNIA

COMPETENCIA COMUNICATIVA EN INGLÉS

GASTRITIS IN DOLPHINS
NATALIA RODRÍGUEZ GARZA
8° A #1615120

GRAL. ESCOBEDO MARCH 12TH 2018

 INTRODUCTION

• Gastric ulcers have been reported for decades in wild and captive dolphins.

• A variety of Helicobacter species have been identified from the

gastrointestinal tract of many vertebrate species, including marine mammals.
 ETIOLOGY

• Helicobacter pylori
• Humans

• Helicobacter cetorum
• Dolphins
• Whales
 CLINICAL SIGNS
• Lack of appetite
• Anorexia
• Abdominal tenderness
• Depression
• Occasional unresponsiveness.
 LESIONS
• The dolphin stomach has three divisions:
• fore stomach
• main stomach
• Pylorus
• Lesions in the fore stomach and the cranial part of the main stomach can be
observed by endoscopy, whereas the distal part of the main stomach and the
pylorus are not accessible by endoscopy
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

• Endoscopy
• Breath test
• Serological methods
• PCR from the gastric juices
• Ammonia detection
• Stool antigen immunoassay
• It has been suggested that colonization of the glandular stomach lining may
be involved in the development of gastritis in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.

• Captive dolphins:
• Stress
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Bernal, M. J., Fernandéz, N., Zamora, R. Pacheco, V., Reyes, M., Valladares, B.,
Morales, J. & Martínez, E. (2014). Evaluation of Two Commercially Available
Immunological Kits for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter spp. in Bottlenose Dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus). Curr Microbilogy. Springer Science Business Media New York.
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• González, Ch., Goldestein, J., Bossart, G., Reif, J. & McCulloch, S. (2012). An
Investigation of Helicobacter cetorum and Its Role in the Development of Gastritis in
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Southeastern U.S. College of
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