Clinical, pathological, and laboratory diagnoses of diseases of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), live stranded on the Dutch and adjacent coasts from 2003 to 2016

Table 2 Organs affected, morphological diagnosis, and aetiology of significant diagnoses observed in 61 harbour porpoises

Organ	No. of animals with severe lesion in specified organ
	Total (single/multiple^a)	Inflammatory lesion from
	Total (single/multiple^a)	Nematodes	Nematodes plus bacteria	Nematodes plus fungi	Bacteria	Bacteria plus fungi	Fungi	Viruses	Viruses plus bacteria	Unknown micro-organisms	Unknown cause	Non-inflammatory lesion
Lung	35 (13/22)	9	7	3	5		4^b			1	5	1
Liver	7 (1/6)				1						4	2
Brain	7 (0/7)					1	2^c	1			3
Integument	7 (1/6)				4				1		1	1
Kidney	4 (1/3)											4
Ear	3 (0/3)					2					1
Muscle	3 (0/3)				1							2
Heart	2 (0/2)						1^d				1
Pancreas	2 (1/1)										1	1
Skeleton	2 (0/2)				2
Oesophagus	1 (1/0)
Eye	1 (0/1)										1
Pharynx	1 (0/1)						1^d
Stomach	1 (0/1)	1
Vasculature	1 (0/1)

^aSingle, number of animals with severe lesion diagnosed only in specified organ. Multiple, number of animals with severe lesion diagnosed also in one or more other organs.
^bIn three of these four animals, fungal infection spread from the lungs to other organs.
^cIn one of these two animals, fungal infection spread from the lungs.
^dIn this animal, fungal infection spread from the lungs.

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