College of Veterinary Medicine
Walsh Lab
Led by Michael T Walsh · Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine
What we study
Studies the health of marine animals (manatees, whales and dolphins, sea turtles): preventive medicine, nutrition, and diagnostic tools such as blood analysis and thermography, in support of conservation of endangered species. Also leads UF marine animal rescue and stranding response.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Wild animals
- Marine organisms
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Viral etiology of orogenital papillomatosis and squamous cell carcinoma in bottlenose dolphins in the southeastern United States
2026 · Virology
Identifies viruses in dolphin skin and genital lesions linked to papillomatosis and cancer.
- Case Report: Shark bite resulting in a urethral obstruction and urinary tract-body wall fistula in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida
2025 · Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Describes a dolphin's shark bite injury causing a urethral blockage and urinary tract leak.
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- Latent trait-like component identified for bottlenose dolphin fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations
2025 · General and Comparative Endocrinology
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida
2024 · Communications Biology
Detects a bird flu virus in a dolphin's brain with high viral load and brain damage.
- In vitro impacts of glyphosate on manatee lymphocytes
2024 · Environment International
Finds glyphosate reduces manatee immune cell growth and triggers inflammation genes.
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