Publications by authors named "Analia A San Martin"
Article Synopsis
- - Commerson's dolphins, often found stranded in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, were studied for skeletal pathologies in 425 specimens collected between 1974 and 2011, revealing that 25.2% of them had various bone lesions.
- - The most common pathology was idiopathic hyperostosis (73.8%), followed by spondyloarthropathy (40.2%), while conditions like osteoarthritis and spondylitis were less frequent.
- - Certain lesions were linked to specific regions of the vertebral column, with mature dolphins showing a higher prevalence of these issues, indicating that these pathologies may cause pain and health problems for the dolphins.
Peale's dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis is frequently seen off the coast of southern South America, where it feeds among coastal kelp beds and occasionally strands. We searched for macroscopic evidence of skeletal lesions in 78 specimens of Peale's dolphin from 2 museum collections, which contain almost all of the species' skeletons known in collections worldwide. Thirty-two specimens (41%) had some type of osteological abnormalities.
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