A case of systemic mycosis due to a Rhizopus sp. infection is described in
a dead-stranded, 10-yr-old, male harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) found
on the beach of Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic Sea (Germany). A
t necropsy, granulomatous mycotic lesions in brain, lung, kidneys, testis,
and draining lymph nodes were found. In addition, a focal ulcerative gastri
tis of the first stomach, due to a nematode infection, was present and is s
uspected to be the portal of entry for the fungus.