Diving on damage – The muscle transcriptome of parasitic infested harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) hints at oxidative stress but not hypoxia

Dönmez, Eda Merve; Siebert, Ursula; Fabrizius, Andrej
Frontiers in Marine Science (2023)

The only native cetacean in German waters, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), is impacted by numerous pathological lesions in the respiratory tract mainly caused by parasites or bacteria. Although harbor…


Adhesive bowel obstruction (ABO) in a stranded Narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri)

Lee, S. B.; Yuen, A. H. L.; Lee, Y. M.; Kim, S. W.; Kim, S.; Poon, C. T. C.; Jung, W. J.; Giri, S. S.; Kim, S. G.; Jo, S. J.; Park, J. H.; Hwang, M. H.; Seo, J. P.; Choe, S.; Kim, B. Y.; Park, S. C.
Animals (2023)

In this case report, we present a rare occurrence of a narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri), discovered on the coast of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, that was afflicted…