Pulmonary and Systemic Skeletal Muscle Embolism in a Beaked Whale with a Massive Trauma of Unknown Aetiology

An adult female Sowerby’s beaked whale was found floating dead in Hermigua (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) on 7 December 2016. Severe traumas of unknown aetiology were attributed, and the gross and microscopic findings are consistent with catastrophic trauma as a cause of death. Rib fractures aff...

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Main Authors: Eva Sierra, Tania Ramírez, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Marina Arregui, Blanca Mompeó, Miguel A. Rivero, Antonio Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/4/508