The image shows 2 dead female individuals from a group of 7 mass-stranded sperm whales ( ), which were found beached alive along the Central Adriatic Sea coast of Italy in September 2014. Three out of the 7 aforementioned whales, all of which females including a pregnant animal, did not survive the stranding, while the remaining 4 cetaceans were successfully refloated. All the 3 dead females, including the foetus carried by one of them, showed direct evidence of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) infection (Mazzariol , ) (Image by Giovanni Di Guardo).
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机译：该图像显示了来自7条质量链抹香鲸（）的2名死亡女性个体，这些鲸鱼于2014年9月在意大利中亚得里亚海沿岸被发现还活着。在上述7条鲸鱼中，有3条属于雌性，包括一只怀孕的动物，不能幸免于搁浅，而其余4只鲸类被成功重新冷冻。所有3名死亡的雌性，包括其中一名携带的胎儿，都显示出直接感染海豚morbillivirus（DMV）的证据（Mazzariol，）（图片由Giovanni Di Guardo提供）。
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