We review the molecular and epidemiological characteristics of cetacean morbillivirus
(CeMV) and the diagnosis and pathogenesis of associated disease, with six different strains …

We reviewed prominent emerging infectious diseases of cetaceans, examined their potential
to impact populations, re-assessed zoonotic risk and evaluated the role of environmental …

Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental …

The pulmonary system is a common site for bacterial infections in cetaceans, but very little is
known about their respiratory microbiome. We used a small, unmanned hexacopter to …

Zoonotic Viruses of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomy and Ecology provides a review of modern
data of the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of zoonotic viruses in the ecosystems of …

The numbers of potentially pathogenic microorganisms that have been isolated from
stranded cetaceans in the last three decades underscore the urgent need for methods of …

Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was first recognized in 1988 following a massive epidemic in
harbor and grey seals in north-western Europe. Since then, the epidemiology of infection in …

The ecology and status of Risso's dolphins Grampus griseus worldwide are poorly known. In
the Mediterranean Sea, modern field studies of cetaceans only began in the late 1980s and …

The causes of cetacean stranding and death along the Catalan coast between 2012 and
2019 were systematically investigated. Necropsies and detailed pathological investigations …

The pilot whale Globicephala melas, the sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus, and the fin
whale Balaenoptera physalus are large cetaceans permanently inhabiting the …