Dear collegues, we're pleased to announce the following recent publication in BMC Veterinary Research reguarding the first case of co-infection of Dolphin Morbillivirus and Toxoplasma gondii in a Mediterranean fin whale (Balenoptera physalus) stranded on January 26th, 2011 along Tuscany coastline (Italy). Another fin whale positive to morbillivirus stranded in october 2011 in Sardinia. *Mazzariol*S.,***Marcer*F.,*Mignone*W.,*Serracca*L.,*Goria*M.,*Marsili L.*,*Di Guardo*G. and*Casalone C (2012). **Dolphin Morbillivirus and Toxoplasma gondii coinfection in a Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). *BMC Veterinary Research 8:20. The abstract and provisional pdf could be found at the following address. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/8/20/abstract For any comment or question, please don't exitate to contact me (sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it) Best regards Sandro Mazzariol -- Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD Dept. of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (BCA) University of Padova AGRIPOLIS - Viale dell'Università, 16 35020 - Legnaro (PD) ITALY tel.: +39 049 827 2963 fax: +39 049 827 2973 e-mail: sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it