Concern for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Spillover into Cetaceans [PDF]
VirusesInfluenza A virus (IAV) has a wide range of avian and mammalian hosts, leading to disease outbreaks and increasing the risk of panzootics and pandemics.
Teresa Pérez-Sánchez +2 more
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Cetacean loss of the master adipose tissue regulator β3-adrenergic receptor may underlie their thick blubber and an Oligocene radiation and dispersal [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsBlubber is a hydrostatic pressure-resistant and insulating vascularized layer of subcutaneous adipose tissue beneath the skin found in cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians.
Ran Tian +4 more
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Pygmy sperm whale multi-omics data reveal hypoxia adaptations in deep-diving cetaceans [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Deep-diving cetaceans tolerate acute hypoxia better than their terrestrial ancestors and shallow-diving counterparts. However, our poor understanding of how genetic factors, cellular functions, and physiological characteristics combine to ...
Weijian Guo +8 more
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Evolution of cetacean-specific conserved non-coding elements suggests their role in the limb changes during secondary aquatic adaptation [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Limb morphology is particularly important for animals to inhabit different environments. Limb modifications (e.g., flipper-like forelimbs and hindlimb regression) are among the most critical secondary aquatic adaptation mechanisms enabling ...
Zhenhua Zhang +7 more
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First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour [PDF]
, 2010 In June 2009, a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) calf was photographed in a group of at least 50 dolphins in the southern Gulf of Guinea, 95 nauticol miles off the Gabon coast (01°45'S 007°29'E), West Africa. Reports of unusually pigmented
Boer, M.N., de
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The non-consumptive economic value of wildlife: the case of three cetacean species
Scientia Marina, 2023 The conservation of wildlife is one of the most pressing issues in the current times, but wildlife conservation economic values have often been largely ignored due to an absence of market prices, as setting an economic value on biodiversity or whole ...
Jazel Ouled-Cheikh +6 more
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Developing cetacean-friendly guidelines, from whale watching to offshore wind farm operation
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Developing offshore wind farms may impact cetaceans due to vessel collisions and underwater noise. Therefore, it is critical to protect cetaceans while developing offshore wind farms. We first studied the code of conduct/guidelines for whale watching and
Yu-Ju Chen, Pey-Yi Lee
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PLoS Pathogens, 2021 The ancestor of cetaceans underwent a macroevolutionary transition from land to water early in the Eocene Period >50 million years ago. However, little is known about how diverse retroviruses evolved during this shift from terrestrial to aquatic ...
Jialu Zheng +3 more
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Pathoanatomical findings of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) victim of collision with a motorboat
Acta Veterinaria, 2021 In this paper we report the trauma suffered by a green turtle (Chelonia mydas), caused by a collision with a motorboat, and describe the case ante and post-mortem.
De Oliveira Radan Elvis Matias +9 more
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Functional Roles and Ecological Importance of Small Cetaceans in Aquatic Ecosystems
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Small cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, and small toothed whales) occur from the poles to the tropics, and from freshwater habitats to the open ocean. Most ecological research has focused on the influence of abiotic factors on the abundance, distribution ...
Jeremy J. Kiszka +2 more
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