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- Title
Injury and Subsequent Healing of a Propeller Strike Injury to a Heaviside's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii).
- Authors
Elwen, Simon H.; Leeney, Ruth H.
- Abstract
The article examines the wounds and injuries as well as the subsequent healing of a propeller strike injury to a heaviside's dolphin (cephalorhynchus heavisidii). It says that the healing rates of dolphins vary with the severity of the injury. It adds that the scars resulting from deep wounds and mutilations along the edges of dorsal fins provide a useful set of marks which can be used to distinguish individuals. Moreover, the photographic capture-recapture techniques are also discussed.
- Subjects
CEPHALORHYNCHUS heavisidii; VETERINARY traumatology; CETACEAN anatomy; BONE fractures in animals; PROPELLER accidents
- Publication
Aquatic Mammals, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 4, p382
- ISSN
0167-5427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1578/AM.36.4.2010.382