Morbillivirus-associated unusual mortality event in South Australian bottlenose dolphins is largest reported for the Southern Hemisphere

M. Kemper, Catherine; Tomo, Ikuko; Bingham, John; S Bastianello, S; Wang, J.; Gibbs, SE; Woolford, Lucy; DICKASON, C.J.; Kelly, Deborah

doi:10.1098/rsos.160838

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Morbillivirus-associated unusual mortality event in South Australian bottlenose dolphins is largest reported for the Southern Hemisphere

Published in Royal Society Open Science • Dec 1, 2016

Authors:

Catherine M. Kemper

Ikuko Tomo

John Bingham

Abstract

Cases of morbillivirus have been recorded in the Southern Hemisphere but have not been linked to significant marine mammal mortality. Post-mortems were conducted on 58 carcasses (44 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, two common bottlenose dolphins, 12 short-beaked common dolphins) from South Australi...

Subject

Morbillivirus

Bottlenose dolphin

Population

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