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TERI ben witson, paut m. thompeon and Philip S. Hammond Skin Lesions and Physical Deformities in Bottlenose Dolphins in the Moray Firth: Population Prevalence and Age-Sex Differences Bottlenose dolphins resident in the Moray Firth, NE Scotland, display a variety of skin lesions and physical deformities which appear to be signs of disease, the cause ‘of which is unknown. The ton is isolated and small the evenly oft problem fo estabicr hero cause ‘the to ist ere is Cause tor concer, Assessing the health o freeanging marine mammals is difficult. We used photographs of individuals, taken over a four year period, to provide a full and systematic description of the types of lesions and deformities present and to document the prevalence of teach type. Overall, 85% of dolphins sampled showed ove ‘or more types of lesion on the back or dorsal fin; 61% had three or more types and 5% had six or seven types. Six rcent of animals displayed deformities. Lesions on adult males and calves covered significantly greater areas of skin than on adult males or sub-adults. The results show that visible disease is a prominent feature of this population and is, therefore, a cause for concern. The next step is to establish whether this is a natural feature or is anthropogenically induced and the findings are discussed in this context. INTRODUCTION ‘Small cetaceans that live in ‘waters come into contact with a wide variety of human activities. Some of these activities, such as collisions with boats (1) and entanglement in fishing gear (2), directly affect survival. Others, such as disturbance and pollu- tion, may have more subtle effects through increasing levels of stress (3), promoting disease (4) or compromising immunity (5). ‘The nature and impact of indirect threats are difficult to estab- fish but may be the cause of, for example, an observed increase in disease or even adecline'in abundance. The bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) resident in the coastal waters of the Moray Firth, NE Scotland, display a vari- ‘ty of skin lesions and physical deformities which appear nei- ther to be part of their natural pigmentation nor to result from
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