Epidemiology of tattoo skin disease in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus from the Sado estuary, Portugal

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Van Bressem, Marie Françoise ^a   Gaspar, Raquel ^b,c   Aznar, F Javier ^d  

^a Peruvian Ctr for Cetacean Research   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Parque Nat Arrabida/Reserva Nat E   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disease; Epidemiology; Photo identification; Portugal; Poxvirus; Skin; Tattoos; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; POXVIRIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0142134218     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao056171     Document Type: Article

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