Meningoencephalitis associated with Brucella species in a live-stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in south-west England

THE first recovery of a Brucella species from marine mammals was reported in Scotland in 1994 ([Ross and others 1994][1]). Since then, there have been many reports of both serological evidence and isolations of Brucella species from many marine mammal species around the world ([Dawson 2005][2], [