Epidemiology of skin changes in endangered Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca).

Epidemiology of skin changes in endangered Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca).

Photographic identification catalogs of individual killer whales (Orcinus orca) over time provide a tool for remote health assessment. We retrospectively examined digital photographs of Southern Resident killer whales in the Salish Sea to characterize skin changes and to determine if they could be a...

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Main Authors:	Joseph K Gaydos, Judy St Leger, Stephen Raverty, Hendrik Nollens, Martin Haulena, Eric J Ward, Candice K Emmons, M Bradley Hanson, Ken Balcomb, Dave Ellifrit, Michael N Weiss, Deborah Giles
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286551

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