Single-module course: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION MEDICINE - Marine Animals

• Anatomy and physiology of teleosts and elasmobranchs.
• Main fish diseases and their correlation with conservation issues.
• Chemical immobilization and anaesthesia.
• Collection of biological material and other diagnostic techniques related to conservation medicine.
• Surgery and necropsy.
• Bonus: A case study of a sea turtle conservation medicine project.
• When marine mammals strand
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• Introduction

• Behaviour of marine mammals from a veterinary perspective

• Common diseases in marine mammals, including zoonosis and disease management

• Rehabilitation of pinnipeds and cetaceans

• Welfare of marine mammals, especially dolphins

Nuno Marques Pereira - Veterinarian at Oceanário de Lisboa and Centro de Recuperação do Lobo Ibérico.
DVM, Invited Professor at ULHT.

Carolina Bento - Researcher in Marine Species Conservation and Assistant Professor at EUVG.
DVM, MSc., PhD in Veterinary Science.

Manuel Garcia Hartmann -Researcher in Marine Species Conservation and Assistant Professor at EUVG.
DVM, MSc., PhD in Veterinary Science.