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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 13(4), 1977, pp. 341-345
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INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE IN A BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus)

NICHOLAS R. HALL 1, ROBERT D. SCHIMPFF 1, JAMES CARROL WOODARD 1, CHARLES C. CARLETON 1, and RICHARD T. GOLDSTON 2

1 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA, and Whitney Marine Laboratory, Route 1, Box 121, St. Augustine, Florida 32084, USA
2 Skyway Animal Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida 33730, USA

A neurologic condition closely resembling a common human disease, hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage, is described in a captive dolphin. Motor deficits and the possibiltiy that behavioral changes resulted in the animal's being attacked and driven off by its herdmates, are discussed in terms of damage resulting from the hemorrhagic lesion.






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