The first complete hand-rearing of two neonatal finless porpoises. by Masahiko Kasamatsu, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Ikuo Wakabayashi, Masami Furuta, Hiroki Inoue, Hidetomo Iwano

“…The plasma concentrations of 24 free amino acids in the neonatal porpoises were significantly higher compared with adult porpoises. …”
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Mitogenome Phylogenetics of Spiruromorpha Porpoise Parasite: Insights Into Phylogeny of <i>Crassicauda magna</i> by Lei Han, Yuling Yang, Maolin Lu, Hongyan Yu, Yaxian Lu, Mengchao Zhou, Tianlu Liu, Ruisi Zhang, Bingyao Chen, Zhijun Hou

“…(1) Background: <i>Crassicauda magna</i> is a major parasite of large porpoises and whales and has been classified in the Habronematoidea family. …”
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Evaluation of insertion and deletion polymorphisms of Brazilian Odontoceti by Dafne Adriana Abreu dos Anjos, Anna Luiza dos Santos Donato, Rodrigo Goldenberg-Barbosa, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Cesar Rogerio Leal do Amaral

“…In this study, we performed an in silico analysis of InDels in 16S rRNA from 27 species of toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises present in Brazilian waters and recurrently found stranded in the region. …”
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Characterization of the First Marine Pestivirus, Phocoena Pestivirus (PhoPeV) by Lars Söder, Denise Meyer, Olaf Isken, Norbert Tautz, Matthias König, Alexander Postel, Paul Becher

“…The first marine pestivirus, Phocoena pestivirus (PhoPeV), isolated from harbor porpoise, has been recently described. To further characterize this unique pestivirus, its host cell tropism and growth kinetics were determined in different cell lines. …”
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Bottom Trawling and Multi‐Marker eDNA Metabarcoding Surveys Reveal Highly Diverse Vertebrate and Crustacean Communities: A Case Study in an Urbanized Subtropical Estuary by Jack Chi‐Ho Ip, Hai‐Xin Loke, Sam King Fung Yiu, Meihong Zhao, Yixuan Li, Yitao Lin, Chun‐Ming How, Jiezhang Mo, Meng Yan, Jinping Cheng, Vincent Chi‐Sing Lai, Leo Lai Chan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Jian‐Wen Qiu

“…The eDNA approach was also more effective than trawling in detecting threatened vertebrates (16 vs. 4), including the Indo‐Pacific Finless Porpoise and the critically endangered Large Yellow Croaker. …”
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