01356nas a2200265   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260006900043653002000112653001500132653002300147653002200170653001800192100001200210700001300222700001300235700001400248700001500262700001900277700001300296245007900309490000800388520068000396022001401076       2018                            d  c02/2018bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co.KGaHannover10aPenicillium sp.10amiddle ear10ajuvenile mortality10amycotic infection10amarine mammal1 aF Attig1 aK Ternes1 aS Langer1 aG Walther1 aP Wohlsein1 aW Baumgärtner1 aV Herder00aMycotic otitis media in a juvenile bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)0 v1313 aMycotic infections in dolphins primarily affect the respiratory tract and skin. An 8-day-old, female, captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) showed uncoordinated swimming movements and increased breathing one hour before death. Reanimation attempts were not successful and necropsy was performed. Histological examination revealed an unilateral, pyogranulomatous and necrotizing otitis media with intralesional fungal hyphae with a morphology characteristic for Aspergillus spp.. However, as molecular analysis of fungal material obtained from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded material resulted in Penicillium spp. (section Cinnamopurpurea) based on PCR results.  a0005-9366