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MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH AT HBOI 
The Division of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation (DMMRC) at HBOI has multifaceted
biomedical research, education and conservation programs involving various marine mammal
species around the world. Present research programs are documenting the cause of marine
mammal strandings, the effects of harmful algal bloom biotoxins and the identification of
emerging diseases in these species. Special emphasis is placed on the study of the gross
and histopathologic characterization of diseases of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) that inhabit the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). There is a present concern
about the health of IRL dolphins and the IRL ecosystem as a whole based on HBOI photo
identification data that document an increased incidence of a varied assortment of skin
lesions in dolphins that suggest infectious, toxic and human-related etiologies.
Additionally, DMMRC is launching an extensive clinical research program on developing a treatment for cutaneous viral papillomatosis in the Florida manatee. This transmissible skin disease is the first and only viral disease documented in manatees and was recently discovered by Dr. Gregory D. Bossart, DMMRC Director, and colleagues. Gregory D. Bossart, V.M.D., Ph.D. • Director, DMMRC • gbossart@hboi.edu Stephen D. McCulloch • Executive Director • mcculloch@hboi.edu David S. Kilpatrick, D.V.M., Dip. A.B.V.P. • Southside Veterinary Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida George C. Hensley, M.D. • Senior Research Scientist Emeritus A. Bennett Jenson, M.D. • Senior Research Scientist Emeritus Shin-je Ghim, Ph.D. • Senior Research Scientist John S. Reif, D.V.M., M.Sc.• Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Health and Epidemiology • john.reif@colostate.edu Marilyn Mazzoil • Dolphin Research Director Juli Goldstein, D.V.M. • Consulting Veterinarian Manuela Rehtanz, M.S., Ph.D. • Assistant Research Scientist Elisabeth Howells • Research Biologist Elizabeth Murdoch • Research Biologist Sarah Bechdel • Research Biologist Malcolm de Sieyes • Research Assistant and Stranding Coordinator Kenny Kroell • Research Technician / Pathobiology Laboratory Suzanne Morgan • Volunteer Coordinator Don Harris, D.V.M. • Avian and Exotics Animal Hospital, Miami, Florida- Consulting Veterinarian David Wise, D.V.M. • Knowles Animal Clinics, Miami, Florida- Consulting Veterinarian Go to www.marinemammalogy.org for information on careers with Marine Mammals. CLICK HERE for NOAA Fisheries Guidelines for Responsible Marine Mammal Viewing 
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