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Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Adults and larvae of generalist parasites are exposed to diverse hosts and local environmental conditions throughout their life cycles, thus local adaptation is expected to occur through phenotypic plasticity and/or natural selection.
Natalia Fraija-Fernández +3 more
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Dolphin Morbillivirus in Eurasian Otters, Italy [PDF]
, 2019 We report biomolecular evidence of dolphin morbillivirus in 4 wild Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) from southern Italy; 2 animals showed simultaneous immunohistochemical reactivity against morbilliviral antigen.
Cafiero, Maria Assunta +13 more
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Temporal patterns in acoustic presence and foraging activity of oceanic dolphins at seamounts in the Azores [PDF]
, 2020 © The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Cascao, I., Lammers, M. O., Prieto, R., Santos, R. S., & Silva, M. A.
Cascão, Irma +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Immunology of marine mammals is a relatively understudied field and its monitoring plays an important role in the individual and group management of these animals, along with an increasing value as an environmental health indicator.
Cinzia Centelleghe +9 more
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Stomach contents of cetaceans in the Alboran Sea and Gulf of Cadiz.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014 This work describes the diet, through the analysis of stomach contents, of different species of cetaceans in Andalusian waters. Stomachs of 53 specimens, 36 striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), 13 common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and 4 Risso's ...
M. Garcia-Polo +3 more
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Genomic and structural investigation on dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) in Mediterranean fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus). [PDF]
, 2017 Dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) has been deemed as one of the most relevant threats for fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) being responsible for a mortality outbreak in the Mediterranean Sea in the last years.
Beffagna, Giorgia +4 more
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Diet of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in southern Spanish waters
Marine Mammal Science, 2022 AbstractIdentifiable food remains were analyzed from 46 stomachs of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded in southern Spain between 2007 and 2014. Results suggest that the species feeds mainly on mesopelagic and neritic fish, but also on oceanic squids.
Camilo Saavedra +8 more
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Dolphin Morbillivirus Epizootic Resurgence, Mediterranean Sea
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 In July 2007, >100 striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, were found dead along the coast of the Spanish Mediterranean. Of 10 dolphins tested, 7 were positive for a virus strain closely related to the dolphin morbillivirus that was isolated during a ...
Juan-Antonio Raga +7 more
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Animals, 2022 Herpesviruses are causative agents of meningitis and encephalitis in cetaceans, which are among the main leading known natural causes of death in these species.
Eva Sierra +11 more
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Forebrain neuroanatomy of the neonatal and juvenile dolphin (T. truncatus & S. coeruloalba)
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2015 Knowledge of dolphin functional neuroanatomy mostly derives from post-mortem studies and non-invasive approaches (i.e. magnetic resonance imaging), due to limitations in experimentation on cetaceans.
Roberta eParolisi +7 more
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