The impacts of climate change on the health of marine mammals are increasingly being
recognised. Given the rapid rate of environmental change in the Arctic, the potential …

Hepatic and pulmonary lesions are common in cetaceans, despite their poorly understood
viral etiology. Herpesviruses (HV), adenoviruses (AdV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are …

Disease surveillance of marine mammal populations is essential to understand the causes
of strandings, identify potential threats to animal health, and to support development of …

Gastritis and gastric ulcers are well-recognized symptoms in cetaceans, and the genus
Helicobacter is considered as the main cause. In this study, we examined the gastric fluid of …

Simple Summary Cetaceans, including beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), have high
morbidity and mortality rates due to bacterial or fungal lower respiratory infections …

Polar bears are the largest of the eight species of bears found worldwide and are covered in
a pigment-free fur giving them the appearance of being white. They are the most carnivorous …

Southern right whales Eubalaena australis (SRW) use the southern coast of Brazil as a
wintering and calving ground. Other than anthropogenic threats, there is limited knowledge …

Gastritis and gastric ulcers are well-recognized conditions in cetaceans; bacteria of the
genus Helicobacter are considered the primary cause of these diseases. Dolphins have …

Paracoccidioidomycosis ceti caused by Paracoccidioides cetii is a zoonotic chronic
granulomatous dermatitis in cetaceans that have been reported worldwide, however cases …

Abstract larger than females (Wang et al., 2014). T. truncatus is catalogued as Least
Concern by the IUCN A male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) of Red List, and the …