Oz Goffman

Publications of Oz Goffman

• Pulmonary fungal infection caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum in a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus).

  Authors: Daniel Elad, Danny Morick, Dan David, Aviad Scheinin, Gilad Yamin, Shlomo Blum, Oz Goffman

  Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 12/2010; 49(4):424-6.

  Neoscytalidium dimidiatum was isolated from two 12-18 cm abscesses in the lung and the mediastinal lymph nodes of a stranded Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus). Histopathologic examination of samplesNeoscytalidium dimidiatum was isolated from two 12-18 cm abscesses in the lung and the mediastinal lymph nodes of a stranded Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus). Histopathologic examination of samples of these organs revealed the presence of hyphae and sclerotic body-like fungal elements. Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae was recovered from the dolphin's organs which also were found to contain numerous Monorygma grimaldii cysts. No histopathological signs of morbillivirus infection were seen. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of N. dimidiatum infection in a sea mammal.

• Laryngeal Snaring by Ingested Fishing Net in a Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Off the Israeli Shoreline.

  Authors: Alon M Levy, Ori Brenner, Aviad Scheinin, Dan Morick, Eliana Ratner, Oz Goffman, Dan Kerem

  Journal of wildlife diseases. 08/2009; 45(3):834-8.

  We report an unusual snaring of the larynx in an adult, female common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The dolphin was observed swimming and diving in Haifa Port, Israel, but was found deadWe report an unusual snaring of the larynx in an adult, female common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The dolphin was observed swimming and diving in Haifa Port, Israel, but was found dead the next day, 60 km south, on the coast. Postmortem examination revealed stranded-cordage, nylon filaments wrapped around the larynx, cutting through the soft tissue, and extending down into the forestomach, where a large mass of netting was found. The cachectic state of the dolphin and the subacute to chronic, hyper-plastic response of soft tissue surrounding the filaments lodged around the larynx, suggest a prolonged period of starvation, which led to the final weakness and wasting of the dolphin.

• Heavy metal levels in bottlenose and striped dolphins off the Mediterranean coast of Israel.

  Authors: Mia Roditi-Elasar, Dan Kerem, Hava Hornung, Nurit Kress, Efrat Shoham-Frider, Oz Goffman, Ehud Spanier

  Marine pollution bulletin. 05/2003; 46(4):503-12.