title: Biologically threatened dolphins and whales.
abstract: Among the several threats to which free-ranging cetaceans are exposed, a number of biological noxae are believed to represent a serious hazard to their health and conservation on a global scale, with special emphasis on the Mediterranean Sea. These pathogens include viral agents such as Morbillivirus, which during the last 25 years have caused dramatic epidemics and die-offs among several aquatic mammal species and populations worldwide, as well as Herpesvirus, protozoan agents such as Toxoplasma gondii and bacterial pathogens such as Brucella spp.
authors: University of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, 64100 Teramo, Italy. gdiguardo@unite.it
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Di Guardo
authors: Sandro
authors: S
authors: Mazzariol
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Fernández
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002591:Cetacea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000821:virology*; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D018103:Morbillivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology