Hypertrophic osteopathy in a common dolphin () with concurrent pulmonary infestation.

Dolphins are marine mammals that often live in coastal habitats. Common causes of severe skeletal disorders among wild dolphins are congenital vertebral anomalities, collisions with sea vessels, trauma, hunting-related injury, infectious diseases, environmental pollution, and tumors. A free-ranging male, 3-year-old common dolphin () was found dead in the coast of Asturias in northern Spain.