Hematological, biochemical, and cytologic findings from apparently healthy atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 447-454

  Goldstein, Juli D ^a   Reese, Eric ^a   Reif, John S ^a,b   Varela, René A ^a   McCulloch, Stephen D ^a   Defran, R H ^a   Fair, Patricia A ^c   Bossart, Gregory D ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cytology; Haematology; Indian River Lagoon; Serum analyte; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BREEDING; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GASTRITIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748276053     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.447     Document Type: Article

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