Epidemiology of skin changes in endangered Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)

• Joseph K. Gaydos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jkgaydos@ucdavis.edu

  Affiliation The SeaDoc Society, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center - Orcas Island Office, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Eastsound, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-8797

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• Judy St. Leger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Stephen Raverty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Affiliation Animal Health Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2879-073X

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• Hendrik Nollens,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego, California, United States of America

  Affiliation SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Martin Haulena,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Eric J. Ward,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Candice K. Emmons,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• M. Bradley Hanson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Ken Balcomb †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources

  Affiliation Center for Whale Research, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America

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• Dave Ellifrit,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Whale Research, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America

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• Michael N. Weiss,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Center for Whale Research, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America

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• Deborah Giles

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Wild Orca, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America

  Affiliation Center for Whale Research, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America

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