PCR results of cetacean skin samples.

Species: P. phocoena - harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), S. coeruleoalba - striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), D. delphis – short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis); Sex: F - Female, M - Male; Age: A - Adult, SA - Sub-adult, J – Juvenile, estimated by length; (T) – tattoo lesion; (? T)- dubious tattoo lesion; (old T) - old tattoo lesion; PPV – parapoxvirus; OPV – orthopoxvirus;*10 ng DNA used as template;#50 ng DNA used as template;§number of+indicates relative amount of PCR product; ND - not done; NA – not applicable.