CEPAVE 05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Severe soft tissue ossification in a southern right whale Eubalaena australis
Autor/es:
LA SALA L.F.; POZZI, L.; MCALOOSE D.; KAPLAN, F.S.; SHORE, E.M.; KOMPANJE E.J.O.; SIDOR I.F.; UHART, M.
Revista:
DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Editorial:
INTER-RESEARCH
Referencias:
Lugar: Oldendorf/Luhe; Año: 2012 vol. 102 p. 149 - 156
ISSN:
0177-5103
Resumen:
The carcass of a stranded southern right whale Eubalaena australis, discovered on the coast of Golfo Nuevo in Península Valdés, Argentina, exhibited extensive orthotopic and heterotopic ossification, osteochondroma-like lesions, and early degenerative joint disease. Extensive soft tissue ossification led to ankylosis of the axial skeleton in a pattern that, in many respects, appeared more similar to a disabling human genetic disorder, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), than to more common skeletal system diseases in cetaceans and other species. This is the first reported case of a FOP-like condition in a marine mammal and raises important questions about conserved mechanisms of orthotopic and heterotopic ossification in this clade.
