Sharp-force injuries are injuries caused by a mechanical force using sharp objects against
the skin. Sharp-force injuries are mainly classified as stab, incised, chop, and therapeutic …

Population assessments and species monitoring for many endangered marine megafauna
are limited by the challenges of identifying and tracking individuals that live underwater in …

Between 2003 and 2012, 605 southern right whales (SRW; Eubalaena australis) were found
dead along the shores of Península Valdés (PV), Argentina. These deaths included …

This chapter presents the pathology of cetaceans, a diverse group of mammals restricted
exclusively to aquatic habitats. The taxa include the largest mammals on earth, the baleen …

The humpback whale (HW; Megaptera novaeangliae) population that seasonally resides
along the Brazilian coast concentrates in the Abrolhos Bank (Bahia and Espírito Santo …

This study describes the pathologic findings of 24 humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae) found stranded along the Brazilian coast from 2004 to 2016. Eighteen (75%) …

Ship strikes are one of the major threats to large whales worldwide. The potential impact
from increasing vessel traffic therefore is a concern for the future of the Brazilian humpback …

Although vertebral bone microarchitecture has been studied in various tetrapods, limited
quantitative data are available on the structural and compositional changes of vertebrae in …

This study encompasses a series of interrelated experiments regarding the appropriate
handling of samples and the interpretation of measurements of estradiol (described here for …

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 …