Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and
noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills hundreds of thousands of marine …

Simple Summary We review the literature on tattoo skin disease (TSD), a poxviral
dermatopathy of cetaceans, and provide new insights. In addition, new necropsy reports for …

Studies of social ecology can benefit from long-term observations, as these provide
researchers with opportunities to distinguish between the relative contributions of life history …

A distinct ulcerative dermatitis known as “freshwater skin disease” is an emerging clinical
and pathological presentation in coastal cetaceans worldwide. In Australia, two remarkably …

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabit waters across a broad natural salinity
gradient and exhibit changes in skin condition based on the quality of their environment …

Photographic identification catalogs of individual killer whales (Orcinus orca) over time
provide a tool for remote health assessment. We retrospectively examined digital …

Photo analysis offers a simple, noninvasive approach to characterizing and quantifying skin
lesions in cetaceans; however, this process involves methodological considerations that …

Herpesvirus (HV) is widely distributed among cetacean populations, with the highest
prevalence reported in the Mediterranean Sea. In this study, a comprehensive analysis was …

Herpesvirus has the potential to infect a wide variety of animal species. In cetaceans, Alpha-
and/or Gammaherpesvirinae have been identified in eight families of odontocetes, and one …

Key Words: whales, dolphins, injury, disease, human impact, management The Strait of
Gibraltar is a heavily used marine area, with intense fishing operations and one of the …