The new edition of the CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine provides a thorough and international approach to the husbandry, diseases, and environmental and political issues relating to marine mammal health and well-being. It covers all aspects of disease and health in cetaceans, pinnipeds, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears. In addition to the documented data on anatomy, physiology, infectious diseases, surgery, pathology, diagnostic imaging, and tagging and tracking, there are sections on marine mammals as sentinels of ocean health, strandings and rehabilitation, emerging diseases and public health considerations, legislative and regulatory issues, and careers in the field. The new edition of the CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine provides a thorough and international approach to the husbandry, diseases, and environmental and political issues relating to marine mammal health and well-being. It covers all aspects of disease and health in cetaceans, pinnipeds, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears. In addition to the documented data on anatomy, physiology, infectious diseases, surgery, pathology, diagnostic imaging, and tagging and tracking, there are sections on marine mammals as sentinels of ocean health, strandings and rehabilitation, emerging diseases and public health considerations, legislative and regulatory issues, and careers in the field.