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SOME MICROBIAL AND PARASITIC DISEASES OF CAPTIVE
BLACK SEA DOLPHINS 


E. Micu, Gabriela Plotoaga, Adela Bologa and Liliana Stefanescu

Natural Science Museum Constanta

Abstract
This paper describes the most common microbial and parasitic diseases
of captive dolphins from the Romanian dolphinarium from the period
1972-1990; infectious and verminous bronchopneumonia, erysipelas,
diphyllobothriosis and bacterial enteritis. The authors point out the
likely influence of environmental stressors on the outbreak of these
diseases under conditions of the captivity. Out emphasis on patholo-
gical research is important for protecting both wild and captive
marine mammals.