Seroprevalence Survey for Microsporidia in Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Example of a Quantitative Approach Based on Immunoblotting

Abstract Little is known about microsporidiosispathogenicity in cetaceans. Here we report seroprevalenceof 76% for microsporidiain blood samples from common bottlenose dolphins(Tursiops truncatus), from animals managed under human care (n=108) or captured for health assessments(n=13) and released.