Ashley Barratclough:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-5892
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Roberto Sanz-Requena:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3659-1389
Role: Formal analysisRole: Writing – review & editing
Luis Marti-Bonmati: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Todd L. Schmitt: Role: Data curationRole: Writing – review & editing
Eric Jensen: Role: Data curationRole: Writing – review & editing
Daniel García-Párraga: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Stephen Raverty: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
26
September
2019
Publication date Collection: 2019
Volume: 14
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0222722
Affiliations
[1
]
National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America
[2
]
Radiology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Valencia, Blasco Ibáñez, Valencia, Spain
[3
]
SeaWorld, San Diego, California, United States of America
[4
]
U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, San Diego, California, United States of America
[5
]
Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunidad Valenciana, Gran Vía Marqués del Turia, Valencia,
Spain
Animal Health Centre, CANADA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have
the following competing interests: TS is a paid employee of Seaworld. This does not
alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are
no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-19-16420
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222722
PMC ID: 6762177
PubMed ID: 31557197
SO-VID: 98e8a389-e201-49a4-a4f9-860ae33b1388
Copyright © © 2019 Barratclough et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007240, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative;
Award ID: GOMRI2015-V-186
Seaworld provided support this study in the form of salaries for TS. SeaWorld provided
the radiographic equipment used to take the radiographs of the dolphins at SeaWorld
as well as the salaries of veterinary technicians and trainers involved in the logistics
of obtaining the radiographs. SeaWorld did not have any additional role in the study
design, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles
of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. Partial funding
for this study was also received from the Gulf of Mexico Research Institute Grant
Number GOMRI2015-V-186.
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