Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA

Skin disease occurs frequently in many cetacean species across the globe; methods to categorize lesions have relied on photo-identification (photo-id), stranding, and by-catch data. The current study used photo-id data from four sampling months during 2009 to estimate skin lesion prevalence and type...

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Main Authors: Hart, Leslie Burdett, Rotstein, Dave S., Wells, Randall S., Allen, Jason, Barleycorn, Aaron, Balmer, Brian C., Lane, Suzanne M., Speakman, Todd, Zolman, Eric S., Stolen, Megan, McFee, Wayne, Goldstein, Tracey, Rowles, Teri K., Schwacke, Lori H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299744/