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Marine Mammals
Overview of Marine Mammals
Management of Marine Mammals
Environmental Diseases of Marine Mammals
Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases of Marine Mammals
Bacterial Diseases of Marine Mammals
Mycotic Diseases of Marine Mammals
Parasitic Diseases of Marine Mammals
Viral Diseases of Marine Mammals
Neoplastic Diseases of Marine Mammals

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Neoplastic Diseases of Marine Mammals

By

Michael K. Stoskopf

, DVM, PhD, DACZM, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University

Last full review/revision Oct 2015 | Content last modified Oct 2015

Tumors in marine mammals are infrequent, although a wide variety has been reported. They are of little consequence except for malignant lymphoma in harbor seals, in which horizontal transmission can occur in a closed population, and transmissible venereal tumor of California sea lions.

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