Rehabilitation of marine mammals is performed throughout the world, yet the impact of
rehabilitation on individuals and populations is questionable given the lack of robust …

River dolphins are a highly threatened polyphyletic group comprised of four odontocete
families: Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, Lipotidae, and Platanistidae, the first two endemic to South …

Mycoplasma spp. are wall-less bacteria able to infect mammals and are classified as
hemotropic (hemoplasma) and nonhemotropic. In aquatic mammals, hemoplasma have …

Herpesvirus (HV) infections in cetaceans are frequently associated with skin and mucosal
lesions. Although HV infections have been reported worldwide, their occurrence in southern …

Otariid gammaherpesvirus 1 (OtGHV1) is associated with high rates of urogenital carcinoma
in free-ranging California sea lions (Zalophus californianus; CSL), and until recently was …

The knowledge regarding infectious agents affecting wildlife is crucial for species'
conservation. We hypothesized that herpesviruses are present in wild Neotropical …

Among pinnipeds, four Otariidae species (eared seals) have been reported as occasional or
frequent vagrants along the coast of Brazil, mainly in the southern region. These animals …

Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) causes illness and death in cetaceans worldwide; the CeMV
strains circulating in the Southern Hemisphere are poorly known. We detected a pilot whale …

A female narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) stranded on a
beach on Jeju Island showed epithelial proliferative skin lesions on its body. Two false killer …

Recently, a gammaherpesvirus was described in domestic cats (FcaGHV1). The goal of the
present study was to investigate the presence of FcaGHV1 in Swiss domestic cats and …