TEXAS MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK 



NECROPSY EXAMINATIONS 



SPRING 1990 



Eight animals (all Tursiops truncatus ) have recently been 

 examined. Three (GA-321, PI-38, CC-94) were necropsied at the 

 Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in College 

 Station, Texas and five (GA-287, PI-35, SP-114, PA-195, GA-342) 

 were examined at the Galveston Marine Research Laboratory (GMRL) 

 in Galveston, Texas. Veterinary affiliations of investigators: 



TAMO - College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University 



TVMDL - Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory 



AFIP - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 



NOSC - Naval Ocean Systems Center 



Sea World, Inc. 



In order of stranding date: 



GA-287 



Date stranded: 12/11/89 



Sex: Female (adult) 



Length: 242.7 cm 



Weight: 168.0 kg 



Pathology notes: Held in freezer prior to necropsy at GMRL. 



Necropsy by Dr. Linnehan (NOSC, San Diego) and Dr. Tarpley 

 (TAMO) . Older animal - teeth fairly worn. Parallel rake 

 marks over body -some fresh. Several punctate lesions on 

 skin. Viscous yellowish exudate from central lacteal of 

 right maimnary gland. SevereJ. nematodes in lung - not 

 extensive. Several Nasitrema in left pterygoid sinus; one 

 in right. Monorygma cyst at apex of urinary bladder. 

 Corpora on both ovaries. Endometrial cyst in one uterine 

 horn. Histopath tissues collected but not yet examined. 



Pathology summary: Possible mastitis. 



PI-35 



Date stranded: 2/5/90 



Sex: Female 



Length: 231.0 cm 



Weight: 



Pathology notes: Held in freezer prior to necropsy at GMRL. 



Necropsy by Dr. Magee (NOSC, Hawaii) and Dr. Tarpley (TAMD) . 

 Moderate PMA and no remarkable gross lesions. Evidence of 

 coyote scavenging around head. Lead pellet embedded in 

 dorsal fin base but no sign of entry - probably ante-mortem. 



Pathology summary: No diagnostic conclusions. 



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