{"id":5261,"date":"2017-05-05T05:42:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T05:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.loroparque.com\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2024-12-19T10:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:03:34","slug":"dolphins-immune-systems-are-failing-due-to-polluted-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loroparque.com\/en\/dolphins-immune-systems-are-failing-due-to-polluted-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins&#8217; immune systems are failing due to polluted oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/environment\/dolphin-immune-systems-polluted-oceans-sea-water-bottlenose-georgia-aquarium-florida-south-carolina-a7717591.html\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/environment\/dolphin-immune-systems-polluted-oceans-sea-water-bottlenose-georgia-aquarium-florida-south-carolina-a7717591.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wild dolphins have weaker immune systems than captive dolphins because of polluted sea water, a study has found.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researcher`s compared the immune health of four groups of bottlenose dolphins living in aquariums and off the coast of America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pollutants in the oceans around Florida and South Carolina were found to be putting a strain on the wild dolphins&#8217; immune systems, making it more difficult for the animals to fight off bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wild dolphins&#8217; immune systems appeared to be &#8220;chronically activated&#8221; as a result of the unhealthy environments they were living in, said the study&#8217;s lead author Patricia Fair, a research professor at the Medical University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justifya;\">\u201cThis is likely a result of encountering and fighting off illness caused by pathogens, parasites and anthropogenic pollutants in the ocean that do not exist in closely managed zoological habitats,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe key to a healthy immune system is a balance between being able to recognise harmful organisms and over-stimulation and this study demonstrates the importance of the environment in these responses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dolphins living in the ocean near Charleston, South Carolina were exposed to the highest levels of industrial pollution, and suffered more disease as a result.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because dolphins are high on the food chain, they accumulate any toxins ingested by their prey, the researchers said. Industrial pollutants released into the water accumulate in micro-organisms, these are eaten by fish, which are in turn eaten by dolphins. At each step up the food chain the toxins become more concentrated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers suggested the findings of the dolphin study could have implications for human health in the area too, as local fishermen and residents are exposed to and consume the same toxins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, large amounts of toxic mercury were found in dolphins living in the Indian River Lagoon in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/environment\/dolphin-immune-systems-polluted-oceans-sea-water-bottlenose-georgia-aquarium-florida-south-carolina-a7717591.html Wild dolphins have weaker immune systems than captive dolphins because of polluted sea&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dolphins&#039; 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