Diseases, lesions and malformations in the long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis from the Southeast Pacific

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-165

  Van Bressem, Marie Françoise ^a,f   Van Waerebeek, Koen ^a   Montes, David ^a   Kennedy, Seamus ^b   Reyes, Julio C ^c   Garcia Godos, Ignacio A ^a,d   Onton Silva, Karina ^a   Alfaro Shigueto, Joanna ^a,e  

^a Museo de Delfines   (Peru)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Areas Costeras Y Recursos Marinos (ACOREMA)   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^e Asociación ProDelphinus ^*  (Peru)

^f Centre for Cetacean Conservation Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crassicauda sp.; Delphinus capensis; Diseases; Fisheries interactions; Malformations; Orchitis; Ovarian cysts; Skin; Skull; Traumas

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOLPHIN; FISHERY; INJURY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

CRANIA; CRASSICAUDA; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 33644618000     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao068149     Document Type: Article

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