Patterns of Stranding and Mortality in Common Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) in The Netherlands between 1979 and 2008

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 550-565

  Osinga, N ^a,b   Shahi Ferdous, M M ^a   Morick, D ^a,c   Garcia Hartmann M ^a   Ulloa, J A ^a   Vedder, L ^a   Udo de Haes, H A ^b   Brakefield, P M ^b,d   Osterhaus, A D M E ^e   Kuiken, T ^e  

^a Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common seal; Grey seal; Pathology; Stranding

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DYSTOCIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; HEPATITIS; INJURY; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTICEMIA; STARVATION; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; ORIENTATION; SEALS, EARLESS;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 84868618656     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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