Double-faced monster in the bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found in the Mediterranean sea

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 306-308

  Dabin, W ^a   Cesarini, C ^b   Clemenceau, I ^c   Dhermain, F ^b   Jauniaux, T ^d   Van Canneyt, O ^a   Ridoux, V ^e  

^a Ctr Rech sur les Mammiferes Marins   (France)

^b Group d'Etudes Cetaces Mediterranee   (France)

^c Direction Reg de l'Environ Corse   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEAK; CARCASS; CONJOINED TWINS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOLPHIN; HYOID BONE; JAW MALFORMATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL MALFORMATION; TERATOLOGY; TOOTH ERUPTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 1542501549     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.10.306     Document Type: Article

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