CAUSES OF DEATH IN MARINE MAMMALS STRANDED ALONG THE OREGON COAST
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 15 (1), 91-97
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.1.91
Abstract
Marine mammals (68) stranded on the Oregon [USA] beaches were examined at necropsy. Gunshot was the primary cause of death in 30% of the pinnipeds examined. Bacterial infections (27%) and parasitism (27%) were also important. Traumatic death or debilitation other than gunshot was observed in 11 animals (16%). Predation, starvation due to neonatal abandonment, viral encephalitis (presumptive diagnosis), dystocia and neoplasia were diagnosed as primary or contributory causes of stranding.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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