Congenital scoliosis of a bottlenose dolphin

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 979-983

  DeLynn, Ruth ^a   Lovewell, Gretchen ^a   Wells, Randall S ^a   Early, And Greg ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Congenital scoliosis; Formation defect; Segmentation defect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055191556     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.4.979     Document Type: Article

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