Hic est locus ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae: the utility of morphologic disciplines in the study of cetaceans' pathology.

The role played by morphologic disciplines and investigations in the study of the causes of death as well as of the pathology of cetaceans is of paramount relevance. In this respect, an absolutely paradigmatic example is that represented by Morbillivirus infections, which during the last 25 years have caused a number of dramatic epidemics among free-ranging pinnipeds and cetaceans worldwide.