There is no vaccine that can be deployed for a large bottlenose dolphin population or any cetacean species, Terri Rowles, a NOAA Fishers Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program member, told reporters on a teleconference call Friday. Currently there is nothing that can be done to prevent t
"Severe environmental stress, including from exposure to oil, could have reduced the animals' ability to fight infection," said Terri Rowles, who along with Stephanie Venn-Watson, head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's group studying the deaths.