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Aquatic Mammals

  • Lungworm
  • Parasites
  • Infectious disease
  • Cancer
  • Herpesvirus
  • Domoic acid
  • Pathology
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Leptospirosis
  • Pollution

Abstract

This chapter is an overview of the clinical signs and major disease syndromes affecting captive and wild aquatic mammals.


Duignan, P., 2023. Aquatic Mammals. In Pathology and Epidemiology of Aquatic Animal Diseases for Practitioners (pp. 214-350). John Wiley & Sons Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.

lungworm
parasites
infectious disease
cancer
herpesvirus
domoic acid
pathology
toxoplasmosis
leptospirosis
pollution
Pádraig Duignan

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