Gross and histopathologic diagnoses from North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis mortalities between 2003 and 2018

• Published in: Diseases of aquatic organisms Vol. 135; no. 1; pp. 1 - 31
• Main Authors: Sharp, SM, McLellan, WA, Rotstein, DS, Costidis, AM, Barco, SG, Durham, K, Pitchford, TD, Jackson, KA, Daoust, PY, Wimmer, T, Couture, EL, Bourque, L, Frasier, T, Frasier, B, Fauquier, D, Rowles, TK, Hamilton, PK, Pettis, H, Moore, MJ
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Inter-Research Science Center 20.06.2019
• Subjects: Adults; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic mammals; Atlantic Ocean; Blood coagulation; Blood vessels; Blubber; Bone lesions; Calves; Canada; Carcasses; Endangered Species; Entanglement; Eubalaena glacialis; Female; Florida; Fractures; Lesions; Muscles; Scoliosis; Trauma; Vertebrae; Viscera; Whales; Florida; Canada; Atlantic Ocean; Pathology; Morphology; Mortality; Necropsy; North Atlantic right whale; Entanglement; Vessel strike; Eubalaena glacialis

Seventy mortalities of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARW) were documented between 2003 and 2018 from Florida, USA, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. These included 29 adults, 14 juveniles, 10 calves, and 17 of unknown age class. Females represented 65.5% (19/29) of known-sex a...