A practical and authoritative reference for veterinary practitioners and technicians working with marine mammals in managed care or in free-ranging populations
In Marine Mammal Health and Disease, distinguished veterinarian researcher Dr. Julia Zaias delivers an up-to-date and practical discussion of how to assess health and disease in marine mammals. The author offers a foundational, high-level understanding of normal/baseline conditions, how this baselines is altered by infectious agents, environment, or the host itself, and how to diagnose these changes and diseases.
The book’s chapters are logically organized by health assessment and management, environmental influences on health, the basis of marine mammal health, disease, and animal welfare. It covers cetaceans, sirenia, pinnipeds, and other marine carnivores, as well as the pathology of cells and tissues, the mechanisms of disease, inflammation, and etiologic disease factors.
Readers will also find:
A thorough introduction to the basis of health and disease in marine animals Comprehensive explorations of health assessment and management, including clinical pathology and general preventative medicine and diagnostics Practical discussions of both marine mammals in managed care environments and free-ranging animals Complete treatments of environmental influences on health and disease in marine animals
Perfect for students in veterinary and veterinary tech programs, conservation biology and medicine students, and marine mammal conservationists, managers, and trainers, Marine Mammal Health and Disease will also benefit researchers, wildlife and zoological veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and aquarium specialists and facility staff.
By:
Julia Zaias (Miller School of Medicine Miami FL)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions:
Height: 231mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781394215140
ISBN 10: 1394215142
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 25 July 2025
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Dedication v Preface ix Acknowledgment xi About the Companion Website xiii Section 1 Basis of Health and Disease 1 1 Cells and Tissues in Health and Disease 3 2 Inflammation and the Immune Response 11 3 Anatomy and Physiology 17 4 Etiologic Agents of Infectious Disease 47 Section 2 Health Assessment and Management 61 5 Clinical Pathology and Diagnostics 63 6 Medical Care and Health Assessment of Marine Mammals 87 7 Reproductive Health and Management 117 Section 3 Environmental Influences on Health/Disease 129 8 Health, Harmful Algal Blooms, and Environmental Contaminants 131 9 Stress and Health 153 10 Marine Mammal Health, Welfare, and the Future 175 Index 187
Julia Zaias, PhD, DVM, is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Comparative Pathology Division of the Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She has over twenty years’ experience researching and working in the areas of stranded cetacean response, rehabilitation, necropsy, and histopathology.
