Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA
Skin disease occurs frequently in many cetacean species across the globe; methods to categorize lesions have relied on photo-identification (photo-id), stranding, and by-catch data. The current study used photo-id data from four sampling months during 2009 to estimate skin lesion prevalence and type...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3299744 2023-05-15T17:45:41+02:00 Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA Hart, Leslie Burdett Rotstein, Dave S. Wells, Randall S. Allen, Jason Barleycorn, Aaron Balmer, Brian C. Lane, Suzanne M. Speakman, Todd Zolman, Eric S. Stolen, Megan McFee, Wayne Goldstein, Tracey Rowles, Teri K. Schwacke, Lori H. 2012-03-12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299744 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427955 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033081 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299744 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033081 This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. PDM CC0 Research Article Text 2012 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033081 2013-09-04T03:55:16Z Skin disease occurs frequently in many cetacean species across the globe; methods to categorize lesions have relied on photo-identification (photo-id), stranding, and by-catch data. The current study used photo-id data from four sampling months during 2009 to estimate skin lesion prevalence and type occurring on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from three sites along the southeast United States coast [Sarasota Bay, FL (SSB); near Brunswick and Sapelo Island, GA (BSG); and near Charleston, SC (CHS)]. The prevalence of lesions was highest among BSG dolphins (P = 0.587) and lowest in SSB (P = 0.380), and the overall prevalence was significantly different among all sites (p<0.0167). Logistic regression modeling revealed a significant reduction in the odds of lesion occurrence for increasing water temperatures (OR = 0.92; 95%CI:0.906–0.938) and a significantly increased odds of lesion occurrence for BSG dolphins (OR = 1.39; 95%CI:1.203–1.614). Approximately one-third of the lesioned dolphins from each site presented with multiple types, and population differences in lesion type occurrence were observed (p<0.05). Lesions on stranded dolphins were sampled to determine the etiology of different lesion types, which included three visually distinct samples positive for herpesvirus. Although generally considered non-fatal, skin disease may be indicative of animal health or exposure to anthropogenic or environmental threats, and photo-id data provide an efficient and cost-effective approach to document the occurrence of skin lesions in free-ranging populations. Text Northwest Atlantic PubMed Central (PMC) PLoS ONE 7 3 e33081 |
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Skin disease occurs frequently in many cetacean species across the globe; methods to categorize lesions have relied on photo-identification (photo-id), stranding, and by-catch data. The current study used photo-id data from four sampling months during 2009 to estimate skin lesion prevalence and type occurring on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from three sites along the southeast United States coast [Sarasota Bay, FL (SSB); near Brunswick and Sapelo Island, GA (BSG); and near Charleston, SC (CHS)]. The prevalence of lesions was highest among BSG dolphins (P = 0.587) and lowest in SSB (P = 0.380), and the overall prevalence was significantly different among all sites (p<0.0167). Logistic regression modeling revealed a significant reduction in the odds of lesion occurrence for increasing water temperatures (OR = 0.92; 95%CI:0.906–0.938) and a significantly increased odds of lesion occurrence for BSG dolphins (OR = 1.39; 95%CI:1.203–1.614). Approximately one-third of the lesioned dolphins from each site presented with multiple types, and population differences in lesion type occurrence were observed (p<0.05). Lesions on stranded dolphins were sampled to determine the etiology of different lesion types, which included three visually distinct samples positive for herpesvirus. Although generally considered non-fatal, skin disease may be indicative of animal health or exposure to anthropogenic or environmental threats, and photo-id data provide an efficient and cost-effective approach to document the occurrence of skin lesions in free-ranging populations. |
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Hart, Leslie Burdett Rotstein, Dave S. Wells, Randall S. Allen, Jason Barleycorn, Aaron Balmer, Brian C. Lane, Suzanne M. Speakman, Todd Zolman, Eric S. Stolen, Megan McFee, Wayne Goldstein, Tracey Rowles, Teri K. Schwacke, Lori H. |
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Hart, Leslie Burdett Rotstein, Dave S. Wells, Randall S. Allen, Jason Barleycorn, Aaron Balmer, Brian C. Lane, Suzanne M. Speakman, Todd Zolman, Eric S. Stolen, Megan McFee, Wayne Goldstein, Tracey Rowles, Teri K. Schwacke, Lori H. |
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Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA |
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Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA |
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Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA |
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Skin Lesions on Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Three Sites in the Northwest Atlantic, USA |
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