Aquatic Mammals 2019, 45(3), 356-357, DOI 10.1578/AM.45.3.2019.356

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, many different aspects of aquatic mammals, from welfare and education to veterinary science and It is my pleasure to write you on behalf of your training. I encourage everyone actively work- readers and subscribers to summarize the latest ing with aquatic mammals or professionally Annual Symposium of the European Association interested in them to join our next conference at for Aquatic Mammals. The 47th meeting of our L’Oceanogràfic (Valencia, Spain) in March 2020. association was held at Zoomarine, Albufeira, Portugal, from 4 to 7 March 2019 and was a very Sincerely, fruitful and successful meeting. The quality of the Javier Almunia scientific contributions was very high and covered President, EAAM

The 47th Annual EAAM Symposium 2019 – Scientific Program

Invited Speakers Schwarz, J.,* DeRango, G., Trillmich, F., & Krüger, O. “Good Mothers Dive Deep? Foraging Strategies of an Neves, J.* “Emotion, the Language of Conservation” Endangered Pinniped” Matos, J. “Animal Molecular Genetics: It’s All About García-Párraga, D.,* Moore, M., & Fahlman, A. SEQs” “Physiologists and Veterinarians Working Together: Santos, M.* “Don’t Shoot the Trainer! From Skinner to Proposing a New Paradigm on How Marine Mammals Jobs and Everything in Between” May Minimize Nitrogen Uptake During Diving” Flanagan, C.,* Lavia, P., Santos, N., Pisa, P., Camacho, Oral Presentations G., Curado, A., Charraz, B., & Neto, M. “A Problem, a Crazy Idea, an Amazing Engineering Solution . . . Delfour, F.,* & Mercera, B. “Over 10 Years of Increasing Problem Solved!” Research and Conservation Work in a Dolphinarium Andreini, R.,* Piscopo, G., Cavedo, B., Gridelli, S., & Housing Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Zaccaroni, A. “Dietetic and Toxicological Parameters California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)” Evaluation in Aonyx cinereus” Krasheninnikova, A.,* Tallo-Parra, O., Manteca, X., & Bunskoek, P.,* & De Haan, K. “Pulmonary Aspergillosis von Bayern, A. M. P. “Welfare and Cognitive Bias in in 6 Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Culture Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)” Results, Sensitivity Patterns and Treatment Results” Clegg, I. L. K.,* & Stockin, K. A. “Integrating Animal Leal, M., Flanagan, C., Urbani, N.,* Silva, J., & Barny, R. Welfare Science into Conservation Strategies for “Medical Management of a Respiratory Mucormycosis Wild Cetaceans: Workshop Summary from European Infection in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Cetacean Society 2018 Conference” Calf” Gimeno-Ponce, S.,* & Segura-Göthlin, S. “Killer Whales Rubio-Garcia, A.,* Rossen, J. W., Friedrich, A. W., (Orcinus orca) and Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops trun- Wagenaar, J. A., & van Zeijl, J. H. “Methicillin Resistant catus) Enrichment Program in Loro Parque” Staphylococcus aureus in a Harbour Seal (Phoca vitu- Tallo-Parra, O.,* García-Párraga, D., Agusti-Pujol, C., & lina) with Endocarditis” Manteca, X. “Animal Welfare Evaluation, Improvement Scala, C.,* & Brasseur, I. “Diversification of the Diets of and Research in Aquaria and Zoos: The Oceanogràfic- Marine Animals at Marineland Côte d’Azur” ZAWEC Collaborative Approach” Mercera, B.* “Case Report from the Adult Female Van Ferssen, L.* “Ex Situ Options for Cetacean Conservation” Bottlenose Dolphin with the Cushing Syndrome, Castro, J.,* & Cid, A. “Discovering the Cetaceans of Presented at Last EAAM Symposium” Southern Portugal” Rubio-Guerri, C.,* Sastre, G., Piqueras, J., Sancho, R., DeRango, E.,* Schwarz, J., Trillmich, F., & Krüger, O. & González, C. “Implementation of a Method for the “Does Fortune Favour the Bold Pup? Insights into Detection of Infectious Viruses in Sea Water” Multiple Aspects of Personality in Galápagos Sea Lions” EAAM Letter to the Editor 357

Fogaça, C.,* Flanagan, C., Urbani, N., Fernandes, R., Posters Silva, J., Monteiro, R., Tavares, L., & Duarte, A. “Astrovirus Detection in Faecal Samples of Pinnipeds in Ecalle, B.,* Mercera, B., & Delfour, F. “What Do Bottlenose a Zoological Context” Dolphins Say and Do During a Cooperative Task?” Zaccaroni, A.,* Andreini, R., & Hartmann, M. G. “Validation Kreivinienė, B., Kleiva, Ž., & Vaišvilaitė, V.* “Welfare of a Method for Quantification of Aldosterone in Marine Aspects of Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphins and Humans Mammals” During Animal Interaction Programs: A Field for Serres, A.,* Hao, Y., & Wang, D. “Agonistic Interactions Discussion” and Dominance Relationships in Three Groups of Leal, M.,* Umarji, S., Silva, J., Flanagan, C., Urbani, N., Captive Cetaceans Method of Assessment and Inter- & Barny, R. “Periarticular Gold Bead Implantation and species Comparison” Ozone Therapy as an Integrative Approach to Chronic Bigiani, S.,* & Pilenga, C. “Use of the Anticipatory Elbow Joint Pain in a California Sea Lion (Zalophus Behavior in Tursiops truncatus to Distinguish Different californianus)” Level of Interest Inside the Same Event” Saviano, P.,* Scala, C., Oesterwind, M., & Fiorucci, L. Martínez, A.,* & Martínez, J. “Voluntary Stretcher: Yes or “Preliminary Results of Normal Abdominal Ultra- Yes!” sonographic Imaging of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)” Neto, M., Rodrigues, A.,* Estanqueiro, V.,* Filh, C., Tallo-Parra, O.,* Almunia, J., & Manteca, X. “Animal Welfare Branco, V., Gregório, R., & Flanagan, C. “Secondary Evaluation, Improvement and Research in Aquaria and Reinforcement, a Fundamental Tool for Variation in Zoos: The Oceanogràfic-ZAWEC Collaborative Approach” Water Work Sequences in Dolphin Presentations a Myth or a Reality?” Note: Presenters are signified by an *. Ruiz, R.,* & Henderson, C. “How Much Can You Remember? Operative Memory Capacity Training as a Mental Stimulation in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)” Miedler, S., Will, H., & Baumgartner, K.* “Transthoracic Cardiac Ultrasound Examination in Bottlenose Dolphins” Zaccaroni, A.,* Andreini, R., Silvi, M., Hartmann, M. G., Flanagan, C., & Vicente, E. “Can Paper Be Better than Glass? Alternative Method for Blood Sampling in Marine Mammals” Mercera, K.,* Delfour, F., Mercera, B., & Pilot-Storck, F. “Non-Invasive Monitoring of Adrenal Activity in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Under Human Care by Fecal Cortisol Enzyme Immunoassay” Sánchez-Contreras, G. J.,* Gili, C., Biancani, B., Florio, D., & Pussini, N. “Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens)”