Table 1.
Summary of the swabs collected from marine mammals beached or accidentally captured by fishing net in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil.
| Marine mammals | Habitat | Number of animals | Swabs | Region | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Positive | Negative | ||||
| Pontoporia blainvillei | Coastal | 12 | 114 | 52 | 62 | RS |
| Sotalia guianensis | Coastal | 3 | 19 | 8 | 11 | RJ |
| Stenella frontalis | Coastal/Oceanic | 3 | 9 | 8* | 1** | RS*, RJ** |
| Eubalaena australis | Coastal | 2 | 9 | 3* | 6** | RJ*, RS** |
| Otaria flavescens | Coastal | 1 | 22 | 5 | 17 | RS |
| Balaenoptera edeni | Coastal/Oceanic | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | RJ |
| Steno bredanensis | Coastal | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | RJ |
| Delphinus sp. | Coastal | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | RS |
| Mesoplodon mirus | Oceanic | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | RJ |
| Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Coastal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | RJ |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | Coastal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | RS |
| Total | - | 27 | 198 | 84 | 114 | - |