Congenital defects in northern elephant seals stranded along the central California coast

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-225

  Trupkiewicz, J G ^a   Gulland, F M D ^b   Lowenstine, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Elephant seal; Hydrocephalus; Hypoplastic right ventricle; Mirounga angustirostris; Overriding aorta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LUNG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; POLYDACTYLY; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ANGIOMATOSIS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LUNG; MALE; POLYDACTYLY; SEALS, EARLESS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0031110611     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.220     Document Type: Article

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