Infectious Disease, Comparative Pathology and
Scientific Discovery in the Sea
Dolphin Comparative pathology:
Listen to this piece to hear a bit about a diabetes-like response in dolphins and new viral diseases identified in these marine mammals: Science Friday Dolphins and Comparative Medicine. Go HERE to read about the extinction of the Baiji River dolphin.
Listen to this piece to hear a bit about a diabetes-like response in dolphins and new viral diseases identified in these marine mammals: Science Friday Dolphins and Comparative Medicine. Go HERE to read about the extinction of the Baiji River dolphin.
“It is not known why they sometimes run aground on the sea shore; for it is asserted that this happens rather frequently when the fancy takes them and without any apparent reason”
Aristotle, 2,300 years ago
Strandings associated with infections:
Go to the inflammatory neuropathology page to read about a case of Nasitrema meningoencephalis in a bottlenose dolphin. Click on this link to view 3D images of a dolphin skull that shows the structure of the middle ear.
Go to the inflammatory neuropathology page to read about a case of Nasitrema meningoencephalis in a bottlenose dolphin. Click on this link to view 3D images of a dolphin skull that shows the structure of the middle ear.
