Objective-To determine the prevalence of lobomycosis,a mycotic infection of dolphins and humanscaused by a yeastlike organism (Lacazia lobot), amongdolphins in the Indian River Lagoon in Florida . Design-Cross-sectional study.Animals-146 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.
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the final publication available and may be cited as: Reif, J.S., Mazzoil, M. S., McCulloch, S. D., Varela,
R. A., Goldstein, J. D., Fair, P. A., & Bossart, G. D. (2006). Lobomycosis in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins
from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 228(1),
104-108.