Visual Assessment of Contusion-Like Lesions Caused by Live Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) Attachment in an Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)

Visual Assessment of Contusion-Like Lesions Caused by Live Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) Attachment in an Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)

We observed contusion-like lesions caused by live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attachment in an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Our report assists in differentiating epidermal lesions for visual health assessment in this vulnerable species and other cetaceans, and this adds new...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of wildlife diseases 2022-04, Vol.58 (2), p.445-449
Hauptverfasser: Ho, Heysen H. N, Kot, Brian C. W, Tsui, Henry C. L, Chung, Tabris Y. T
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Sprache:eng
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Animals
China
Contusions - veterinary
Dolphins
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Zusammenfassung:We observed contusion-like lesions caused by live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attachment in an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Our report assists in differentiating epidermal lesions for visual health assessment in this vulnerable species and other cetaceans, and this adds new host and epibiont records for E. naucrates and S. chinensis, respectively.
ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/JWD-D-21-00108