Major pathologic findings and probable causes of mortality in bottlenose dolphins stranded in South Carolina From 1993 to 2006

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-593

  McFee, Wayne E ^a   Lipscomb, Thomas P ^b  

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

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cause of death; Mortality; South carolina; Strandings; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SEA; STARVATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STARVATION;

EID: 70349324295     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.575     Document Type: Article

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