Visual Assessment of Contusion-Like Lesions Caused by Live Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) Attachment in an Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)

Heysen H. N. Ho; Brian C. W. Kot; Henry C. L. Tsui; Tabris Y. T. Chung

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-21-00108

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Heysen H. N. Ho,¹ Brian C. W. Kot,^1,2,3,* Henry C. L. Tsui,¹ Tabris Y. T. Chung¹

¹Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, 5/F, Block 1, To Yuen Building, 31 To Yuen Street, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
²Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
³Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Room B6708, 6/F, Blue Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

^*Corresponding author (e-mail: briankot@cityu.edu.hk)

Abstract

We observed contusion-like lesions caused by live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attachment in an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Our report assists in differentiating epidermal lesions for visual health assessment in this vulnerable species and other cetaceans, and this adds new host and epibiont records for E. naucrates and S. chinensis, respectively.

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Heysen H. N. Ho, Brian C. W. Kot, Henry C. L. Tsui, and Tabris Y. T. Chung "Visual Assessment of Contusion-Like Lesions Caused by Live Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) Attachment in an Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 58(2), 445-449, (21 April 2022). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00108

Received: 25 June 2021; Accepted: 30 August 2021; Published: 21 April 2022

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