Acevedo, W.K.A., C.F. Constantino, G.D. Aurioles, M.H.A. Rodriguez, and R.C.R. Godinez (1999). Hepatic carcinoma with spleen metastasis in a California sea lion from the Gulf of California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(3): 565-568. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: sea lion, hepatic carcinoma, metastasis, spleen, tumor biology, neoplastic disease, Gulf of California.
Anonymous. (2000). Marine wildlife: the Fabian Fay course for veterinarians, 4-8 September 2000: Fabian Fay course for veterinarians. Proceedings (University of Sydney. Post-Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science), Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney: Sydney, N.S.W., 478 p. ISBN: 1875582932.
NAL Call Number: SF604.R37 no. 335
Abstract: "Venue: Sea World Nara Resort, Gold Coast." Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE: Husbandry, nutrition, handling and anaesthesia of marine turtles / Frances Hulst -- Cetacean strandings -- Marine mammal strandings and the role of the veterinarian -- Ethics of marine wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release -- Rehabilitation and release of cetaceans and pinnipeds -- Euthanasia of marine mammals -- Handling and transport of cetaceans -- Pinniped capture, restraint, transport, and anesthesia -- Nutrition of piscivorous animals / J.R. Geraci -- Diseases of marine turtles / Roger Kelly and Anita Gordon -- The effects of oil on marine wildlife -- Triage and treatment of oiled seabirds -- The veterinarian's approach to a pinniped ashore -- Veterinary management of seabirds / Larry Vogelnest -- Marine wildlife legislation and the incident control system in Australia / A.W. English -- Conservation of marine wildlife / David Butcher -- Cetaceans -- Pinnipeds / Tracey Rogers -- Dugongs in health and disease / Helene Marsh, Carole Eros and Rachel Webb -- Transport, handling and husbandry of seabirds -- Rehabilitation and release of seabirds / Elizabeth Hall -- Marine turtles / Colin J. Limpus -- Cetacean anatomy and physiology / J.R. Geraci -- Marine mammal necropsy techniques and sample collection -- Diseases of cetaceans and pinnipeds / Padraig J. Duignan.
Descriptors: marine animals, congresses, wildlife rehabilitation, wildlife rescue, oil spills and wildlife.
Barnes, J.A. and J.S. Smith (2004). Bilateral phacofragmentation in a New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35(1): 110-112. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL Call Number: SF601.J6
Descriptors: sense organs, sensory reception, surgery, cataract, eye disease, surgery, therapy, bilateral phacofragmentation, clinical techniques, therapeutic and prophylactic techniques, postoperative complications, fur seal, New Zealand.
Barnett, J. (1998). Treatment of sick and injured marine mammals. In Practice 20(4): 200-211. ISSN: 0263-841X.
NAL Call Number: SF601.I4
Descriptors: seals, dolphins, trauma, wounds, respiratory diseases, zoonoses, treatment, veterinary products, dosage.
Barnett, J. and I. Robinson (2003). Marine mammals. In: E. Mullineaux, D. Best and J.E. Cooper (Editors), BSAVA (British Small Animal Veterinary Association) Manual of Wildife Casualties, British Small Animal Veterinary Association: Quedgeley, p. 182-201. ISBN: 0905214633.
NAL Call Number: SF996.45.B73 2003
Descriptors: Phocidae, Cetacea, care in captivity, diagnostic techniques, treatment techniques, parasites diseases and disorders, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Beckmen, K.B., L.J. Lowenstine, J. Newman, J. Hill, K. Hanni, and J. Gerber (1997). Clinical and pathological characterization of northern elephant seal skin disease. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 33(3): 438-449. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: integumentary system, skin, disease, northern elephant seal, pathology, metabolism, toxicology, alanine aminotransferase, albumin, alopecia, aspartate aminotransferase, calcium, DDT, hyperkeratosis, hyperpigmentation, nitrogen, northern elephant seal skin disease, polychlorinated biphenyls, retinol, skin necrosis, squamous metaplasia, thyroxine, toxin, ulcerative dermatitis, urea, uric acid.
Bossart, G.D., R.A. Meisner, S.A. Rommel, J.D. Lightsey, R.A. Varela, and R.H. Defran (2004). Pathologic findings in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Aquatic Mammals 30(3): 434-440. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: Trichechus manatus latirostris, physiological condition, temperature relationships, diseases and disorders, injuries, manatee, mortality, Gulf of Mexico, north Atlantic, temperature, cold stress syndrome, CSS, USA, Florida, pathologic findings.
Calle, P.P., D.J. Seagars, C. McClave, D. Senne, C. House, and J.A. House (2002). Viral and bacterial serology of free-ranging Pacific walrus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(1): 93-100. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: infection, bacterial serology, viral serology, walrus, Pacific.
Dabin, W., G. Beauplet, and C. Guinet (2002). Response of wild subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) females to ketamine and tiletamine-zolazepam anesthesia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4): 846-850. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: anesthesiology, pharmacology, apnea, respiratory system disease, toxicity, drug induced, mild tremors, nervous system disease, toxicity, respiratory depression, respiratory system disease, tooth extraction, clinical techniques, therapeutic and prophylactic techniques, body condition, fur seal, fur seal.
Desch, C.E., M.D. Dailey, and P. Tuomi (2003). Description of a hair follicle mite (Acari: Demodecidae) parasitic in the earless seal family phocidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the harbor seal Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. International Journal of Acarology 29(3): 231-235. ISSN: 0164-7954.
Descriptors: parasitology, systematics and taxonomy, hyperkeratosis, symptom, geographic distribution, life stages, morphology, parasitism, hair follicle mite, harbour seal.
Dubey, J.P., R. Zarnke, N.J. Thomas, S.K. Wong, W. Van Bonn, M. Briggs, J.W. Davis, R. Ewing, M. Mense, O.C.H. Kwok, S. Romand, and P. Thulliez (2003). Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Sarcocystis neurona, and Sarcocystis canis-like infections in marine mammals. Veterinary Parasitology 116(4): 275-296. ISSN: 0304-4017.
NAL Call Number: SF810.V4
Descriptors: Neospora caninum, Sarcocystis, Toxoplasma gondii, mammalian hosts, Carnivora and Cetacea, marine taxa, north Atlantic and north Pacific, USA, prevalence.
Falabella, V., C. Campagna, and M. Lewis (1999). Electrocardiography of southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) weanlings. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 30(4): 526-531. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL Call Number: SF601.J6
Descriptors: cardiovascular system, elephant seal, weanlings, juvenile, adult, transport, circulation, electrocardiography, analytical method, cardiac rhythm, mean frontal plane, QRS axis, free living.
Fauquier, D., F. Gulland, M. Haulena, and T. Spraker (2003). Biliary adenocarcinoma in a stranded northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(3): 723-726. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: digestive system, tumor biology, adrenal gland metastasis, neoplastic disease, biliary adenocarcinoma, diagnosis, bilirubinemia, liver metastasis, spleen metastasis, blood and lymphatic disease, euthanasia, clinical techniques, histopathology, histology, cytology, laboratory techniques, laparoscopy, diagnostic techniques, adenocarcinoma, stranded, elephant seal.
Fayolle, C., C. Leray, P. Ohlmann, G. Gutbier, J.P. Cazenave, C. Gachet, and R. Groscolas (2000). Lipid composition of blood platelets and erythrocytes of southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 126B(1): 39-47. ISSN: 1096-4959.
NAL Call Number: QP501.C6
Descriptors: biochemistry, molecular biophysics, blood, lymphatics, transport, circulation, elephant seal, fur seal, blood platelets, erythrocytes, lipid composition.
Fenwick, S.G., P.J. Duignan, C.M. Nicol, M.J. Leyland, and J.E.B. Hunter (2004). A comparison of Salmonella serotypes isolated from New Zealand sea lions and feral pigs on the Auckland Islands by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40(3): 566-570. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: Sus scrofa, feral pigs, bacterial diseases, pathogen, serotype comparisons, mammal, transmission, bacteria, Salmonella, New Zealand, Auckland Islands, bacterial pathogen serotype, comparisons with native mammal, gel electrophoresis.
Frasca Jr., S., J.L. Dunn, and K.H.J. Van (1996). Acute gastric dilatation with volvulus in a northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(3): 548-551. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: digestive system, ingestion, physiology, acute gastric dilatation, case study, northern fur seal, stomach distension, volvulus, spleen, mesentery.
Frasca Jr., S., H.J. Van Kruiningen, J.L. Dunn, and D.J. St. Aubin (2000). Gastric intramural hematoma and hemoperitoneum in a captive northern fur seal. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(3): 565-569. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: digestive system, veterinary medicine, gastric intramural hematoma, blood, lymphatic, disease, hemoperitoneum, fur seal, gross necropsy, diagnostic method, mortality, case study, Mystic Aquarium.
Funke, C., D.P. King, R.M. Brotheridge, D. Adelung, and J.L. Stott (1997). Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) C-reactive protein (C-RP): purification, characterization of specific monoclonal antibodies and development of an immuno-assay to measure serum C-RP concentrations. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 59(1-2): 151-162. ISSN: 0165-2427.
NAL Call Number: SF757.2.V38
Descriptors: immune system, methods, techniques, inflammatory disease, harbour seal, disease, monoclonal antibodies, immuno assay, serum C-RP concentrations, C-reactive proteins, C-RP, health assessment.
Geraci, J.R. (1981). Dietary disorders in marine mammals: synthesis and new findings. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 179(11): 1183-91. ISSN: 0003-1488.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Am3
Descriptors: deficiency diseases, dolphins, Pinnipedia, seals, earless, anemia, animal feed standards, ascorbic acid metabolism, ascorbic acid deficiency, fishes, poisonous, histamine poisoning, hyponatremia diagnosis, hyponatremia therapy, hyponatremia, lactose intolerance, thiamine deficiency prevention and control, thiamine deficiency, vitamin E deficiency diagnosis, vitamin E deficiency prevention and control, vitamin E deficiency.
Glover, T.L., M.P. Nasisse, and M.G. Davidson (1995). Epithelial downgrowth in the eye of a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Veterinary and Comparative Ophthalmology 5(4): 247-249. ISSN: 1076-4607.
NAL Call Number: SF891.P78
Descriptors: development, morphology, pathology, physiology, respiratory distress, sense organs, sensory reception, eye, harbour seal, anterior chamber, aphakia, case study, cataract, cornea, diffuse corneal opacification, filtration angle collapse, glaucoma, intraocular epithelial proliferation, penetrating eye wound, respiratory distress, veterinary ophthalmology.
Gruber, A.D., M. Peters, A. Knieriem, and P. Wohlsein (2002). Atherosclerosis with multifocal myocardial infarction in a Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens illiger). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 33(2): 139-144. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL Call Number: SF601.J6
Descriptors: cardiovascular system, atherosclerosis, vascular disease, cardiac failure, heart disease, myocardial infarction, Pacific walrus, mortality, case study.
Gulland, F.M.D., M. Haulena, D. Fauquier, G. Langlois, M.E. Lander, T. Zabka, and R. Duerr (2002). Domoic acid toxicity in Californian sea lions (Zalophus californianus): clinical signs, treatment and survival. Veterinary Record 150(15): 475-480. ISSN: 0042-4900.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 V641
Descriptors: sea lions, Zalophus californianus, algae, toxins, clinical aspects, treatment, survival, mortality, California, Pseudonitzschia australis, toxic algal blooms.
Hall, A.J., S.T. Licence, and P.P. Pomeroy (1999). The response of grey seal pups to intradermal phytohaemagglutinin injection. Aquatic Mammals 25(1): 25-30. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: immune system, grey seal, pups, intradermal, injection, phytohaemagglutinin, injection method, response.
Hatfield, J.R., D.A. Samuelson, P.A. Lewis, and M. Chisholm (2003). Structure and presumptive function of the iridocorneal angle of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), and African elephant (Loxodonta africana). Veterinary Ophthalmology 6(1): 35-43. ISSN: 1463-5216.
Abstract: The iridocorneal angles of prepared eyes from the West Indian manatee, short-finned pilot whale, hippopotamus and African elephant were examined and compared using light microscopy. The manatee and pilot whale demonstrated capacity for a large amount of aqueous outflow, probably as part of a system compensating for lack of ciliary musculature, and possibly also related to environmental changes associated with life at varying depths. The elephant angle displayed many characteristics of large herbivores, but was found to have relatively low capacity for aqueous outflow via both primary and secondary routes. The hippopotamus shared characteristics with both land- and water-dwelling mammals; uveoscleral aqueous outflow may be substantial as in the marine mammals, but the angular aqueous plexus was less extensive and a robust pectinate ligament was present. The angles varied greatly in size and composition among the four species, and most structures were found to be uniquely suited to the habitat of each animal.
Descriptors: cornea anatomy and histology, cornea physiology, mammals anatomy and histology, mammals physiology, aqueous humor physiology, Artiodactyla anatomy and histology, Artiodactyla physiology, elephants anatomy and histology, elephants physiology, species specificity, Trichechus manatus anatomy and histology, Trichechus manatus physiology, whales anatomy and histology, whales physiology.
Haulena, M., E. Buckles, F.M.D. Gulland, J.A. Lawrence, A. Wong, S. Jang, M.M. Christopher, and L.J. Lowenstine (2002). Systemic mycosis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum in a stranded northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) undergoing rehabilitation. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 33(2): 166-171. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL Call Number: SF601.J6
Descriptors: infection, hypochloremia, metabolic disease, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, elephant seal, pup, hypophosphatemia, systemic mycosis, fungal disease, mortality, rehabilitation, stranding.
Heath, R.B., R. Delong, V. Jameson, D. Bradley, and T. Spraker (1997). Isoflurane anesthesia in free ranging sea lion pups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 33(2): 206-210. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: pharmacology, sea lion pups, anesthetic drug, California sea lion, free ranging, isoflurane, medical evaluation, recovery, San Miguel Island, surgery, therapeutic method, weighing, wildlife management.
Hicks, C.L., R. Kinoshita, and P.W. Ladds (2000). Pathology of melioidosis in captive marine mammals. Australian Veterinary Journal 78(3): 193-5. ISSN: 0005-0423.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Au72
Descriptors: dolphins, melioidosis, seals, earless, Burkholderia pseudomallei isolation and purification, death, sudden, Japan epidemiology, liver microbiology, liver pathology, lung pathology, melioidosis mortality, melioidosis pathology, spleen pathology, Taiwan epidemiology.
Ito, M., T. Sato, W. Shirai, and S. Kikuchi (1998). Parasites and related pathological lesions in the gastrointestinal tract of a seal (Phoka vitulina Linnaeus). Journal of Veterinary Medical Science the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 60(9): 1025-1028. ISSN: 0916-7250.
NAL Call Number: SF604.J342
Descriptors: parasitology, gastrointestinal parasite infection, digestive system disease, parasitic disease, seal, stomach, colon, small intestine, pathology.
Jauniaux, T. and F. Coignoul (2001). Pathologie des infections par les morbillivirus chez les mammiferes marins. [Pathology of morbillivirus infections in marine mammals]. Annales De Medecine Veterinaire 145(2): 76-96. ISSN: 0003-4118.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 AN78
Abstract: Morbillivirus infections were described since 1988 in marine mammals including pinnipeds and cetaceans. Since, numerous outbreaks, responsible for thousands marine mammals death, as well as sporadic cases, have occurred in various populations from North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Baikal Lake, Caspian Sea, and recently from northern Pacific. Clinical signs and macroscopic lesions are similar between species infected by morbillivirus and are close to those reported in dog with canine distemper. Under microscope, characteristic lesions are interstitial bronchopneumonia, lymphoid depletion and subacute encephalitis. Syncytia and inclusion bodies are frequently observed in lesions and epithelia. Lymphoid depletion promotes secondary infections by opportunistic pathogens, responsible in many cases of the animals death. Various parameters explain the high sensibility of certain population such as the species, the naive immunological status and vectors intervention for the disease.
Descriptors: aquatic mammals, morbillivirus, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenicity, aquatic animals, aquatic organisms, biological properties, microbial properties, Paramyxoviridae, viruses.
Language of Text: English and French summaries.
Jenssen, B.M., J.U. Skaare, M. Ekker, D. Vongraven, and M. Silverstone (1994). Blood sampling as a non-destructive method for monitoring levels and effects of organochlorines (PCB and DDT) in seals. Chemosphere 28(1): 3-10. ISSN: 0045-6535.
NAL Call Number: TD172.C54
Descriptors: seals, Phocidae, DDT, insecticide residues, monitoring, blood sampling, water pollution, young animals, blood analysis, Norway, North Sea, Halichoerus grypus.
Kim, J.H., J.K. Lee, H.S. Yoo, N.R. Shin, N.S. Shin, K.H. Lee, and D.Y. Kim (2002). Endocarditis associated with Escherichia coli in a sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 14(3): 260-262. ISSN: 1040-6387.
NAL Call Number: SF774.J68
Descriptors: sea lions, Zalophus californianus, Escherichia coli, bacterial endocarditis, heart valves, kidneys, case reports.
Kreuder, C., M.A. Miller, D.A. Jessup, L.J. Lowenstine, M.D. Harris, J.A. Ames, T.E. Carpenter, P.A. Conrad, and J.A.K. Mazet (2003). Patterns of mortality in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris Nereis) from 1998-2001. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(3): 495-509. ISSN: 0090-3558.
NAL Call Number: 41.9 W64B
Descriptors: sea otters, parasites, diseases, disorders, mortality, shark attack, North Pacific, California, postmortem survey, patterns.
Kuttin, E.S., I. Glas, and A. Nyska (1995). Urothelial carcinoma with metastases associated with priapism in a sea-lion. Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine 50(3-4): 163-165. ISSN: 0334-9152.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 R25
Descriptors: reproductive system, tumor biology, urinary system, sea lion, carcinoma, squamous cells, adenocarinoma, urethra, prostate, liver, kidney, priapism, case study, treatment.
Lewin, M.R., P. Knott, and M. Lo (2004). Seal finger. Lancet (North American Edition) 364(9432): 448, 438. ISSN: 0099-5355.
Descriptors: infection, occupational health, erysipeloid, bacterial disease, drug therapy, etiology, seal finger, blubber finger.
Lynch, M.J., M.A. Tahmindjis, and H. Gardner (1999). Immobilisation of pinniped species. Australian Veterinary Journal 77(3): 181-185. ISSN: 0005-0423.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Au72
Descriptors: anatomical adaptations, immobilization, management, pinnipeds, patient monitoring, physiological considerations, preanesthetic assessment, restraint technique.
Manley, K.M. and J.A. Embil (1989). In vitro effect of ivermectin on Pseudoterranova decipiens survival. Journal of Helminthology 63(1): 72-74. ISSN: 0022-149X.
NAL Call Number: 436.8 J82
Descriptors: nematode larvae, survival, in vitro, ivermectin, nematode control, hosts, fishes, seals, Halichoerus grypus.
Mauck, B., U. Eysel, and G. Dehnhardt (2000). Selective heating of vibrissal follicles in seals (Phoca vitulina) and dolphins (Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 203(14): 2125-31. ISSN: 0022-0949.
NAL Call Number: 442.8 B77
Abstract: The thermal characteristics of the mystacial vibrissae of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and of the follicle crypts on the rostrum of the dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis were measured using an infrared imaging system. Thermograms demonstrate that, in both species, single vibrissal follicles are clearly defined units of high thermal radiation, indicating a separate blood supply to these cutaneous structures. It is suggested that the high surface temperatures measured in the area of the mouth of the follicles is a function of the sinus system. In seals and dolphins, surface temperature gradually decreased with increasing distance from the centre of a follicle, indicating heat conduction from the sinus system via the follicle capsule to adjacent tissues. It is suggested that the follicular sinus system is a thermoregulatory structure responsible for the maintenance of high tactile sensitivity at the extremely low ambient temperatures demonstrated for the vibrissal system of seals. The vibrissal follicles of odontocetes have been described as vestigial structures, but the thermograms obtained in the present study provide the first evidence that, in Sotalia fluviatilis, the follicles possess a well-developed sinus system, suggesting that they are part of a functional mechanosensory system.
Descriptors: body temperature regulation physiology, dolphins physiology, hair follicle physiology, seals, earless physiology, skin temperature physiology, vibrissae physiology, cavernous sinus metabolism, cavernous sinus physiology, diagnostic imaging, hair follicle blood supply, hair follicle metabolism, infrared rays, mechanoreceptors metabolism, thermography, thermoreceptors metabolism, vibrissae metabolism.
McFarlane, R.A. (1996). Gross pathology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Aquatic Mammals 22(1): 27-33. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: digestive system, integumentary system, Weddell seal, pathology, respiratory system, respiration, sense organs, sensory reception, diarrhea, epidemiology, eye disease, gross pathology, integumentary system disease, ocular disease, pup mortality, respiratory disease, skin disease, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica.
Mews, A.R. (1990). Epidemiology of distemper in seals. Veterinary Annual (30): 34-36. ISSN: 0083-5870.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 V6456
Descriptors: seals, Phoca vitulina, distemper virus, epidemiology, morbillivirus, Europe, Halichoerus grypus.
Miller, M.A., I.A. Gardner, A. Packham, J.K. Mazet, K.D. Hanni, D. Jessup, J. Estes, R. Jameson, E. Dodd, B.C. Barr, L.J. Lowenstine, F.M. Gulland, and P.A. Conrad (2002). Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Journal of Parasitology 88(3): 594-599. ISSN: 0022-3395.
NAL Call Number: 448.8 J824
Descriptors: methods, techniques, parasitology, immunohistochemistry, detection method, indirect fluorescent antibody test, detection method, parasite isolation, sea otter, T. gondii, IFAT, evaluation.
Mulcahy, D.M., P.A. Tuomi, G.W. Garner, and C.V. Jay (2003). Immobilization of free-ranging male Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) with carfentanil citrate and naltrexone hydrochloride. Marine Mammal Science 19(4): 846-850. ISSN: 0824-0469.
NAL Call Number: QL713.2.M372
Descriptors: walrus, Odobenus rosmarus divergens, sedation, carfentanil citrate, naltrexone hydrochloride, Bering Sea, Alaska, immobilization, free ranging.
Osterhaus, A., M. Van de Bildt, L. Vedder, B. Martina, H. Niesters, J. Vos, H. Van Egmond, D. Liem, R. Baumann, E. Androukaki, S. Kotomatas, A. Komnenou, B.A. Sidi, A.B. Jiddou, and M.E.O. Barham (1998). Monk seal mortality: virus or toxin? Vaccine 16(9-10): 979-981. ISSN: 0264-410X.
NAL Call Number: QR189.V32
Descriptors: infection, pharmacology, vaccination, morbillivirus, monk seal, post mortem findings, immunological method, management tool, disease outbreak, mortality.
Pimentel, T.L. and A. Andriolo (2001). Orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions). Medicine. In: M.E. Fowler and Z.S. Cubas (Editors), Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, Iowa State University Press: Ames, p. 341-351. ISBN: 0813828465.
NAL Call Number: SF996.4.B56 2001
Descriptors: Pinnipedia, Cetacea, care in captivity, pathological techniques, physical restraining techniques, sedation, anesthesia, parasites diseases and disorders, diseases and management.
Raga, J.A., J.A. Balbuena, J. Aznar, and M. Fernandez (1997). The impact of parasites on marine mammals: a review. Parasitologia 39(4): 293-6. ISSN: 0048-2951.
NAL Call Number: 436.8 P212
Abstract: The design and implementation of conservation plans for marine mammals is a matter of public concern. However, very little is known about the role of parasites in the dynamics of marine mammal populations. This is probably due to methodological constraints concerning sampling biases, poor knowledge of the biology of the hosts and parasites and difficulty and costy of experimental studies. However, current evidence supports the theory that parasites may regulate marine mammal populations. Crassicauda species in cetaceans and Uncinaria lucasi in pinnipeds seem good candidates as regulating agents. In addition, parasite-induced mass mortalities may be important in marine mammal populations. Well documented cases are the PDV virus which decimated the European common seal (Phoca vitulina) populations in 1988 and the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) morbillivirus infection of 1990-1992. Due to the social organisation patterns of marine mammals it is possible that such die-offs occur at very low densities, representing a potential threat to endangered species like the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), the Hawaiian monk seal (M. schauinslandi) or the Finish Saimaa seal (Phoca hispida saimensis). It is concluded that parasites can play an important role in marine mammal populations not only at the ecological scale but at the evolutionary one too.
Descriptors: Cetacea parasitology, marine biology, parasitic diseases, animal epidemiology, Pinnipedia parasitology, host parasite relations, parasitic diseases, animal mortality, animal parasitology, periodicity, population dynamics.
Rodriguez, M., A. Ayala, F. Rosa, F. Herrera, S. Rodriguez, and M. Diaz Gonzalez (2000). Portable data acquisition system for EKG measurements in marine environments. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 62(2): 145-52. ISSN: 0169-2607.
NAL Call Number: RA409.5.C62
Abstract: In the present paper, an electronic prototype designed to acquire electrocardiographic signals from marine mammals has been developed. The system consists of a portable device that allows the on-line acquisition of EKG signals through a parallel port interface that is connected to a laptop computer. The EKG waveform, the voltage level, the bandwidth and the most relevant information from this type of signals is stored and analysed under real-time conditions by means of specifically implemented software. The whole system has been successfully tested to obtain the EKG from captive dolphins. The characteristics of the equipment presented here, with its low cost, size and energy requirements accomplish a portable system suitable for the acquisition of this type of signals in conductive media such as the seawater.
Descriptors: electrocardiography methods, software, dolphins.
Rosas, F.C.W., A. Andriolo and T.L. Pimentel (2001). Orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions). In: M.E. Fowler and Z.S. Cubas (Editors), Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, p. 332-351.
NAL Call Number: SF996.4.B56 2001
Descriptors: adaptation, anesthesia, animal anatomy, animal behavior, animal nutrition, aquatic environment, destruction of animals, diagnosis, diseases, dosage, habitats, marine mammals, marking, medical treatment, monitoring, normal values, osmoregulation, population density, rehabilitation, restraint of animals, sampling, taxonomy, technology, telemetry, thermoregulation, transport of animals, wild animals, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, zoogeography, Cetacea, dolphins, Pinnipedia, sealions, seals, whales.
Ruoppolo, V. (2003). Patologia comparada de cetaceos e pinipedes. [Comparative pathology of cetaceans and pinnipeds]. Dissertation, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, Universidade de Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo, Brazil. 131 p.
Descriptors: pathology, wild animals, Cetacea, dolphins, Pinnipedia, whales.
Language of Text: English summary.
Seal, B.S., J.A. House, C.A. Whetstone, and J.D. Neill (1995). Analysis of the serologic relationship among San Miguel sea lion virus and vesicular exanthema of swine virus isolates. Application of the western blot assay for detection of antibodies in swine sera to these virus types. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 7(2): 190-195. ISSN: 1040-6387.
NAL Call Number: SF774.J68
Descriptors: vesicular exanthema virus, San Miguel sea lion virus, immunoblotting, antibodies, detection, serotypes, pigs, blood serum, cross reaction.
Sherrill, J., G.M. Peavy, M.J. Kopit, M.M. Garner, C.H. Gardiner, and L.M. Adams (2004). Use of laser rhinoscopy to treat a nasal obstruction in a captive California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35(2): 232-241. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL Call Number: SF601.J6
Descriptors: respiratory system, respiration, surgery, bacterial infection, nasal obstruction, respiratory system disease, diagnosis, sea lion, captive, nasopharyngeal polyp, suppurative inflammation, necropsy, diagnostic techniques, biopsy, laser rhinoscopy.
Silvagni, P.A., L.J. Lowenstine, T. Spraker, T.P. Lipscomb, and F.M.D. Gulland (2005). Pathology of domoic acid toxicity in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Veterinary Pathology 42(2): 184-191. ISSN: 0300-9858.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 P27
Descriptors: Engraulis mordax, algal, mammalian predators, California sea lions, Callorhinus ursinus, northern fur seal, Zalophus californianus, prey, vector of algal toxin, domoic acid intoxication.
Simpson, V.R. (2000). Veterinary advances in the investigation of wildlife diseases in Britain. Research in Veterinary Science 69(1): 11-6. ISSN: 0034-5288.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 R312
Descriptors: animal diseases microbiology, animal diseases parasitology, animal diseases virology, animals, wild, Chiroptera, deer, foxes, Great Britain, hedgehogs, lagomorpha, otters, porpoises, rabbits, seals, earless.
Spelman, L.H. (2004). Reversible anesthesia of captive California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) with medetomidine, midazolam, butorphanol, and isoflurane. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35(1): 65-69. ISSN: 1042-7260.
NAL Call Number: SF601.J6
Descriptors: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, sedation, anesthesia, antagonists, medetomidine, midazolam, butorphanol, isoflurane, effectiveness, reversible anesthesia, feasibility trials, captive adults.
Spraker, T.R., E.T. Lyons, R.L. Delong, and R.R. Zink (2004). Penetration of the small intestine of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pup by adult hookworms (Uncinaria spp.). Parasitology Research 92(5): 436-438. ISSN: 0932-0113.
NAL Call Number: QL757.P377
Descriptors: digestive system, infection, hookworm infection, parasitic disease, mortality, sea lion, pathology, lesions, small intestine.
Staveley, C.M., K.B. Register, M.A. Miller, S.L. Brockmeier, D.A. Jessup, and S. Jang (2003). Molecular and antigenic characterization of Bordetella bronchiseptica isolated from a wild southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) with severe suppurative bronchopneumonia. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 15(6): 570-574. ISSN: 1040-6387.
NAL Call Number: SF774.J68
Descriptors: southern sea otter, Enhydra lutris nereis, wild, bacterial diseases, Bordetella bronchiseptica, molecular and antigenic characterization, suppurative, bronchopneumonia, north Pacific, USA, California.
Tidwell, A.S. and D.G. Penninck (1992). Ultrasonography of gastrointestinal foreign bodies. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound 33(3): 160-169. ISSN: 1058-8183.
NAL Call Number: SF757.8.A4
Descriptors: dogs, cats, seals, stomach, jejunum, ileum, duodenum, foreign bodies, ultrasonography, ultrasonic diagnosis.
Van der Kamp, J.S. (1994). Twenty years of seal pathology (1970-1990). Aquatic Mammals 20(2): 69-72. ISSN: 0167-5427.
Descriptors: conservation, marine ecology, pathology, wildlife management, necropsies, Holland, mortality, seal.
Varela, R.A. and G.D. Bossart (2005). Evaluation of biochemical analytes in vitreous humor collected after death in West Indian manatees. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 226(1): 88-92. ISSN: 0003-1488.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 Am3
Descriptors: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, biochemical analytes, pathological techniques, postmortem interval, antemortem health determination, biochemistry, eye, vitreous humor, use, postmortem interval, antemortem health.
Williams, T.M., G.A. Antonelis and J. Balke (1994). Health evaluation, rehabilitation, and release of oiled harbor seal pups. In: Marine Mammals and the Exxon Valdez. 1994, Academic Press, Inc.: San Diego, California, USA; London, England, UK, p. 227-241. ISBN: 0124561608.
Descriptors: marine ecology, harbour seal, pups, pollution, assessment, management, toxicology, wildlife management, health evacuation, capture, cleaning, Exxon Valdez oil spill, rehabilitation, release.
Williams, T.M. and R.W. Davis (1995). Emergency Care and Rehabilitation of Oiled Sea Otters: a Guide for Oil Spills Involving Fur-Bearing Marine Mammals, University of Alaska Press: Fairbanks, AK., 279 p. ISBN: 0912006773 (cloth); 0912006781 (pbk).
NAL Call Number: QL737.C25E44 1995
Descriptors: sea otter effect of oil spills on, sea otter wounds and injuries treatment, marine mammals effect of oil spills on, marine mammals wounds and injuries treatment, wildlife rehabilitation.
Wood, P.G., P.J. Ponganis, R.G. Spragg, and C.B. Daniels (2000). The composition of pulmonary surfactant in the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 126B(Suppl. 1): S108. ISSN: 1096-4959.
NAL Call Number: QP501.C6
Descriptors: respiratory system, respiration, bronchoalveolar lavage, air breathing, complete lung collapse, diving, surface tension, pulmonary surfactant, composition, northern elephant seal, meeting abstract.
Notes: Meeting Information: Annual Symposium and Joint International Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology on Milestones and Goals, Cambridge, England, UK, July 30-August 3, 2000.
Zabka, T.S., E.L. Buckles, F.M.D. Gulland, M. Haulena, D.K. Naydan, and L.J. Lowenstine (2004). Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma with pulmonary metastasis in a stranded Steller (northern) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Comparative Pathology 130(2-3): 195-198. ISSN: 0021-9975.
NAL Call Number: 41.8 J82
Descriptors: respiratory system, respiration, tumor biology, anaplastic pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, muscle disease, Steller sea lion, neoplastic disease, diagnosis, pulmonary metastasis, respiratory system disease, electron microscopy, imaging and microscopy techniques, marine mammal stranding, mortality, population decline.