title: [Problems of disposal of dead marine mammals].
abstract: Feasibilities and limits to dispose stranded large whales and the risk of the staff during the salvage and dissection of these animals are described here. The influence on the environment by leaving large marine mammals in the place of stranding are exemplary discussed in connection with the accumulation of toxins of Clostridium botulinum in the food chain as a source of danger for water fowls of the coastal region. Therefore carcasses of whales must be removed from the shore after their stranding. Under special circumstances the carcasses could be lowered into a dune.
authors.affiliation: Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt für Fische und Fischwaren Cuxhaven.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stede
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases; D001717:Birds; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D001906:Botulism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D003014:Clostridium botulinum; D003643:Death; D004210:Dissection; D006801:Humans; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D018505:Waste Management; D014907:Whales
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D001905:Botulinum Toxins