Echocardiographic evaluation of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-463

  Sklansky, Mark ^a   Levine, Gregg ^b   Havlis, Dielle ^b   West, Nicole ^b   Renner, Michael ^c   Rimmerman, Curtis ^d   Stone, Rae ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b Dolphin Quest   (United States)

^c Dolphin Research Center   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Dolphin Quest   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cardiology; Echocardiography; Transesophageal echocardiography; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33846151038     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-116.1     Document Type: Article

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