Decompressive Pathology in Cetaceans Based on an Experimental Pathological Model

Decompression sickness (DCS) is a widely known clinical syndrome in human medicine, mainly in divers, related to the formation of intravascular and extravascular gas bubbles. Gas embolism and decompression-like sickness have also been described in wild animals, such as cetaceans. It was hypothesized...

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Main Authors: Alicia Velázquez-Wallraf, Antonio Fernández, Maria José Caballero, Andreas Møllerløkken, Paul D. Jepson, Marisa Andrada, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.676499/full