Case Report: Shark bite resulting in a urethral obstruction and urinary tract-body wall fistula in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida

Case Report: Shark bite resulting in a urethral obstruction and urinary tract-body wall fistula in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida

A juvenile male common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was examined as part of a long-term dolphin research and monitoring program in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Scars consistent with a shark bite, identified as a possible tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), were observed at the proximal ventral ped...

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Main Authors: Krystan A. Wilkinson, Jennifer N. Langan, Jennifer M. Meegan, Christina N. Toms, Robyn Faulkner Allen, Jay C. Sweeney, Deborah A. Fauquier, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Eric T. Hostnik, Ashley Barratclough, Michael T. Walsh, Randall S. Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
ultrasound
health assessment
cetacean
marine mammal
trauma
radiograph
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1551129/full
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