NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dolphin experts say common bacteria known to cause abortions in marine mammals killed some of the hundreds of dolphins that have washed ashore in the northern Gulf of Mexico since February 2010. More than 100 of the dead dolphins were babies or fetuses.
But Teri Rowles and Stephanie Venn-Watson said they’ve found reports only of isolated cases of brucellosis in dolphins. Other strains of brucella are known to cause “abortion storms” in cattle and goats.
 
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