10.5061/DRYAD.RBNZS7H76
Powell, Sarah
0000-0002-3729-7341
Georgetown University
Krzyszczyk, Ewa
Georgetown University
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Foroughirad, Vivienne
Georgetown University
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Bansal, Shweta
Georgetown University
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Mann, Janet
Georgetown University
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Powell, Sarah N
0000-0002-3729-7341
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Wallen, Megan M
0000-0002-7140-2993
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Miketa, Madison L
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Sociality and tattoo skin disease among bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay,
Australia
Dryad
dataset
2019
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins
Tursiops aduncus
tattoo skin disease (TSD
infectious disease transmission
social behavior
Western Australia
Georgetown University
https://ror.org/05vzafd60
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
0316800
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
0918308
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
9753044
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
0941487
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
1559380
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
0820722
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
0847922
Office of Naval Research
https://ror.org/00rk2pe57
#09-001
Office of Naval Research
https://ror.org/00rk2pe57
#1023070
2020-01-02T00:00:00Z
2020-01-02T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz207
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Social behavior is an important driver of infection dynamics, though
identifying the social interactions that foster infectious disease
transmission is challenging. Here we examine how social behavior impacts
disease transmission in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
aduncus) using an easily identifiable skin disease and social network
data. We analyzed tattoo skin disease (TSD) lesions based on photographs
collected as part of a 34-year longitudinal study in relation to the
sociality of T. aduncus using three metrics (degree, time spent
socializing, and time in groups) and network structure, using the k-test.
We show that calves with TSD in the second year of life associated more
with TSD-positive individuals in the first year of life compared with
calves that did not have TSD. Additionally, the network k-test showed that
the social network links are epidemiologically relevant for transmission.
However, degree, time spent in groups, and time spent socializing were not
significantly different between infected and uninfected groups. Our
findings indicate that association with infected individuals is predictive
of an individual’s risk for TSD and that the social association network
can serve as a proxy for studying the epidemiology of skin diseases in
bottlenose dolphins.
Data was collected in Monkey Mia, Western Australia from boat based
observations. Data presented here as been limited in accordance with the
linked publication and identifiers have been removed.Â