Brucella spp. in the western North Pacific and Antarctic cetaceans: A review

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Ohishi, Kazue ^a   Fujise, Yoshihiro ^b   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic minke whale; Antarctic Ocean; Biomarkers; Bryde's whale; Common minke whale; Diseases, Brucella; Genetics; Immunology; Jarpa; Jarpnii; Pacific Ocean; Reproduction; Scientific permits; Sperm whale; Survey vessel

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SPERM; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CETACEA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 58649085696     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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