ABSTRACT
Hepatic trematodiasis caused by Cyclorchis campula was diagnosed in a juvenile Ganges River dolphin that had been in captivity at an aquarium for approximately 1 year. Histopathologic findings were severe chronic suppurative cholangitis, hyperplasia of the bile duct epithelium, and periductal fibrosis associated with fluke infection of the large bile ducts.
Subject(s)
Cetacea/parasitology , Liver Diseases/veterinary , Trematode Infections/veterinary , Animals , Female , Liver/pathology , Liver Diseases/parasitology , Liver Diseases/pathology , Trematode Infections/parasitology , Trematode Infections/pathologyABSTRACT
The blind river dolphin (Platanista gangetica), first written about by Pliny the Elder in A.D. 72, was found (10 November 1968) to be the first known side-swimming cetacean. The rudimentary eye lacks the lens, but anatomical evidence suggests that the eye may serve as a light sensor. The underwater sound emissions of this species, although similar to those of the Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), appear to be produced constantly.