Tattoo Skin Disease in Cetacea: A Review, with New Cases for the Northeast Pacific [PDF]
Tattoo skin disease (TSD) is a poxviral dermatopathy diagnosed in cetaceans. We review the literature on TSD aetiology, clinical characteristics, pathology and epidemiology and evaluate immune responses against the virus.
Marie-Françoise Van Bressem +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Detection of Cetacean Poxvirus in Peruvian Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Using a Pan-Poxvirus PCR [PDF]
Cetacean poxviruses (CePVs) cause ‘tattoo’ skin lesions in small and large cetaceans worldwide. Although the disease has been known for decades, genomic data for these poxviruses are very limited, with the exception of CePV-Tursiops aduncus, which was ...
Léa Luciani +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Épségizmus és fogyatékosság, földön és vízen – Delfines mese az emberről, egy mesés delfin emlékére [PDF]
Mária Rita Hoffmann
exaly +3 more sources
Long‐term trends of epibionts reflect Mediterranean striped dolphin abundance shifts caused by morbillivirus epidemics [PDF]
This original research piece demonstrates, through empirical and theoretical modelling approaches, that the epibionts of striped dolphins indicate dolphin abundance shifts caused by epidemics of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV). In addition, we provide the first SIR model to investigate the epidemiology of DMV in western Mediterranean striped dolphins ...
Sofía Ten +4 more
wiley +2 more sources
Desarrollo de una guía de campo para el avistamiento de delfines en Puerto El Morro (Ecuador)
Las guías de campo para avistamientos de cetáceos son herramientas didácticas que ayudan a cumplir con los objetivos de las actividades ecoturísticas favoreciendo la preparación de los guías turísticos.
Ricardo Villalba Briones +2 more
exaly +3 more sources
Socioeconomic drivers of wild meat consumption in the city of Iquitos, Peru [PDF]
Abstract Wild meat represents a vital source of micro‐ and macronutrients for forest‐dwelling people; however, city dwellers with access to animal protein from different animals may also consume large amounts of wild meat as part of their customs and traditions, to diversify their diets, to maintain connections to their rural kin, and to access meat ...
Fiorella Briceño Huerta +3 more
wiley +2 more sources
In Vitro Antiproliferative Activity of Fucoidans Extracted From Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans in the HeLa Cell Line [PDF]
This paper presents an analysis of the polyphenol content, antioxidant capacity, and antiproliferative activity of fucoidans extracted from Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans. The results obtained indicated a high total polyphenol content (113 ± 2.3 mg GAE/g), which is probably associated with great antioxidant capacity.
S. R. Vázquez-Rodríguez +5 more
wiley +2 more sources
El problema pesquero con los delfines y su persecución en Galicia (siglos XIII al XX)
Se realiza un estudio histórico sobre la problemática interacción entre el hombre como pescador y los definidos en Galicia, con la consiguiente persecución de los cetáceos, a los cuales culpan de la escasez de pescado, como depredadores y ahuyentadores ...
Felipe Valdés Hansen
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Physical Measures of Welfare in Fin (Balaenoptera physalus) and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novangliae) Found in an Anthropized Environment: Validation of a First Animal-Based Indicator in Mysticetes [PDF]
Anthropogenic activities impacting marine environments are internationally recognized as welfare issues for wild cetaceans. This study validates a first evidence-based physical indicator for the welfare assessment protocol of humpback (n = 50) and fin ...
Anik Boileau +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Polifemo y los delfines. A propósito del ditirambo El Cíclope o Galatea de Filóxeno de Citera
El amor de Polifemo por Galatea fue un tema novedoso en el ditirambo El Cíclope o Galatea de Filóxeno de Citera, que gozó de gran fortuna en la poesía helenística.
José Guillermo Montes Cala
exaly +3 more sources

