Rope trauma, sedation, disentanglement, and monitoring‐tag associated lesions in a terminally entangled North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis)

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Moore, Michael, Andrews, Russel, Austin, Trevor, Bailey, James, Costidis, Alex, George, Clay, Jackson, Katie, Pitchford, Tom, Landry, Scott, Ligon, Allan, McLellan, William, Morin, David, Smith, Jamison, Rotstein, David, Rowles, Teresa, Slay, Chris, Walsh, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: The Needle; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00591.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.2012.00591.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00591.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00591.x

Abstract A chronically entangled North Atlantic right whale, with consequent emaciation was sedated, disentangled to the extent possible, administered antibiotics, and satellite tag tracked for six subsequent days. It was found dead 11 d after the tag ceased transmission. Chronic constrictive deep r...