Monk seal mortality: virus or toxin?
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PMID: 9682347
During the past few months, more than half of the total population of about 300 highly endangered Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus) on the western Saharan coast of Africa, died in a mysterious disease outbreak. Epizootiological and postmortem findings were remin …
During the past few months, more than half of the total population of about 300 highly endangered Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachu …