1999

Parasite Identification: Using Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy Parasite Identification
Sarah L. Poynton, BSc, PhD

A Safe and Cost Effective Oral Care Regime to Control Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease in the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutrislutris)Oral Care Regime
Skip J.F. Young

Beach Strandings of Marine Mammals in Southeast Massachusetts in the Winter of 1998/99 Beach Strandings
Kathleen Touhey

Captive Breeding and Management of Seahorses Captive Breeding
Kristin E. Lunn

Multiple Insights into the Reproductive Game of a Male and a Female Harbour Porpoises: How to Become Mature Reproductive Game
Geneviève Desportes, Ursula Siebert

Preliminary Evaluation of the Kinetics of Changes in Lectin Levels Following Antigen Exposure as a Measure of Potential Disease Resistance in Strains of Penaeus vanammeiLectin Levels
F. Lynn Walter

Preliminary Evaluation of Viral Susceptibility in Primary Kidney and Lung Cell Cultures of Tursiops truncatus Viral Susceptibility
Jennifer A. Colvocoresses, BS

Septic Peritonitis in an Adult Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Secondary to Perforation of Gastric Parasitic Ulcer Septic Peritonitis
Kathy A. Burek, DVM, MS, DACVP , Pamela A. Tuomi, DVM

Serological and Immunohistological Investigation of Morbillivirus Infection in Harbour Porpoises from the German Baltic and North Sea Morbillivirus Infection
Ursula Siebert

Surgical Implantation of Ultrasonic Transmitters in Adult Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus)Ultrasonic Transmitters
Stephania K. Bolden, Ruth Y. Ewing

Surgical Removal of Cutaneous Masses from Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)Cutaneous Masses
Marisa Giardina

The Scientific Value of Stranded Marine Mammals in Quebec Stranded Marine Mammals
Elaine Albert

Virulence Factors Associated with the Causative Agent of Coldwater Disease Flavobacter psychrophilaVirulence Factors
Jason W. Heffernan

Wound Healing of a Shark-Bitten Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Wound Healing
Lance S. Clark

>Recent Disease Outbreaks in Atlantic Salmon Farms of the Bay of Fundy Disease Outbreaks
J. Spears

A Review of Thyroid Hyperplasia in Elasmobranchs: Thyroid Hormones, Environmental Condition, and Pathology--A Progress Report Thyroid Hyperplasia
Gerald L. Crow

Characterization of Renal Lesions Observed in Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) From a Mass Stranding at Cape San Blas, Florida, December 1997 Renal Lesions
Amber Fort

Dermatitis with Invasive Ciliated Protozoa in Dolphins That Died During the 1987-88 Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Morbilliviral Epizootic Invasive Ciliated Protozoa
Thomas P. Lipscomb, DVM, DACVP , F.Y. Schulman

Diagnosis and Treatment of an Atypical Presentation of Anisakis Sp in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Captivity Anisakis in Bottlenose Dolphin
Leonardo Ibarra V.

Fish Health Monitoring in Pfiesteria piscicida Investigations in the Chesapeake Bay Fish Health Monitoring
Cindy P. Driscoll, DVM

Identification of the Etiologic Agent for Ulcerative Disease in Koi Ulcerative Disease in Koi
Brendan B. Anders

Infection of Harbor Seal Neonates with PHV-1 Harbor Seal Neonates
Donald P. King

Multifocal Steatitis Lesions in a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempi)Multifocal Steatitis Lesions
Sonia L. Mumford, DVM

Pneumatosis Intestinalis in Orphan Manatees (Trichicus manatus), Diagnosis, Pathological Findings and Potential Therapy Pneumotosis Intestinalis
Michael T. Walsh, DVM

Protozoal Encephalitis in California Sea Otters and Harbor Seals: An Update Protozoal Encephalitis
Melissa A. Chechowitz, DVM, MS

Shark Tumor--An Oxymoron?Shark Tumor
Ilze K. Berzins, PhD, DVM , Eric Hovland, BS

The Antigenic Components of a Wild Strain of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Determined by Immunostaining of Extracted Bacterial Surface Components With Serum From Tursiops truncatus, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, and Delphinapterus leucas Antigenic Components
John C. Jones, BS

Application of Gentamicin-Impregnated Polymethyl Methacrylate Beads in the Treatment of Septic Arthritis and Osteomyelitis in a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gentamicin-Impregnated Beads
Kelly E. Helmick, DVM, MS

Bacterial Plasmid DNA Induces Non-Specific Cytotoxic Cells of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) In Vivo Bacterial Plasmid DNA
C. Chitmanat

Chronic Renal Damage in Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides, Due to a Monogenetic Trematode Infection Chronic Renal Damage
Allen G. McDowell, Renate Reimschuessel, VMD, PhD

Clinical Pathologic Indicators of Intestinal Disease in Cetaceans Intestinal Disease
Forrest I. Townsend, Jr., DVM , Michael T. Walsh, DVM

Evidence of Immune Compromise in Association with Green Turtle Fibropapillomatosis Immune Compromise
René A. Varela

Extended Use of Subpalpebral Lavage Systems for Treatment of Keratitis in a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)Subpalpebral Lavage
Rose Borkowski

Isolation of Immunoglobulin G from the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus)Isolation of IgG
Kathleen E. Kohlberg

Life Cycle of Otostrongylus Circumlitus (Metastrongyloidea: crenosomatidae) of Phocid Seals Life Cycle of Otostrongylus
Lena N. Measures

Lymphocyte Functional Analysis as an Indicator of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Health Lymphocyte Functional Analysis
Myra T. Blanchard, MS, MT

Lymphoid Leukemia in a Yellow Lipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina: Diagnosis and Potential Etiology Lymphoid Leukemia
Ian D. Walker

Nested PCR for the Non-Lethal Detection of Mycobacteriosis in Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)Nested PCR
Jeffrey C. Wolf, DVM

Use of Depot Leuprolide, Cyproterone, and Deslorelin to Control Aggression in an All Male California Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) Colony Use of Depot Lueprolide
Paul P. Calle, VMD, DACZM

A New Genus of Kinetoplastid Flagellate from the Blowhole of a Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) Kinetoplastid Flagellate
Anje B. Heinrich

A Well-Rounded Veterinary Experience: Tips on Tapping the Power of Public Curiosity Public Curiosity
Casey Sugarman

Application of Biochemical, Immunochemical, and Molecular Analysis to Comparison of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Isolates From Two Species of Cetaceans to Each Other and to Strains Obtained From the American Type Culture Collection Erysipelothrix Isolates
Robert C. Osgood, MS

Application of Ultrasound in the Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthusApplication of Ultrasound
Claudia M.G. Harper, DVM

Coccidiosis in the Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)Coccidiosis in Weedy Seadragon
Andrea Osborn

Expression of Recombinant Interleukin 6 From Marine Mammals: A Tool in the Development of a New Technique for the Early Detection of Inflammation Recombinant IL 6
Christina Funke

Isolation and Characterization of Brucella Spp. in a Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)Brucella in Minke Whale
J. Godfroid

Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme Patterns in Cetaceans Lactate Dehydrogenase
Thomas H. Reidarson, DVM

Pharmacokinetics of Oral Trovafloxacin Administration in the Little Skate (Raja erinacea)Pharmacokinetics of Trovafloxacin
Scott Willens

The American Alligator as a Sentinel for the Environmental Status of Southern Wetlands American Alligator as Sentinel
Paul T. Cardeilhac, DVM, PhD

Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in Teleost Fish: Development of a Quantitative Assay for MRNA Expression and Application to a Field Study of Fish Health TGF-Beta in Teleost Fish
Craig A. Harms, DVM

Use of Praziquantel for the Control of Monogenetic Trematodes in Public Marine Aquariums Monogenetic Trematodes
Mark D. Stetter, DVM, DACZM

Brain Lesions and Clinical Signs in Two Pygmy Killer Whales (Feresa attenuata) Associated with Nasitrema Sp.Brain Lesions
Howard L. Rhinehart, CVT

Comparative Efficacy of MS-222 (Tricaine Methanesulfonate) and Clove Oil (Eugenol) in Red Pacu (Colossoma brachypomum)Efficacy of MS-222 vs. Clove Oil
Kurt K. Sladky, Cliff R. Swanson

Current Investigations into the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Neoplasms in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)of Neoplasms in Sea Lions
E.L. Buckles

Domoic Acid Toxicity in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Stranded Along the Central California Coast Domoic Acid Toxicity
Frances M.D. Gulland, VetMB, PhD, MRCVS

Herpes Virus Associated with Mortality in Adult Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio)Herpes Virus
Jill V. Spangenberg

Localization of a Neurologic Lesion in an Injured Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)Neurologic Lesion
Linda Hayes-Dingfelder

Metastatic Carcinoma of California Sea Lions: Evidence of Genital Origin and Association with Gamma Herpesvirus Infection Metastatic Carcinoma
Thomas P. Lipscomb, DVM, DACVP

Mycotic Enteritis in Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) Fry Mycotic Enteritis
Ruth Francis-Floyd, DVM, MS, DACZM

Preliminary Investigation of the Safety and Efficacy of Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP) Immunocontraception in Captive California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)PZP Immunocontraception
Maya M. Dougherty, DVM , Michael S. Renner, DVM

The Basis for Assessing the Humoral Immune Response of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to DNA Mediated Vaccines Humoral Immune Response
Tanja S. Zabka

The Use of Anesthetic Agents in Cephalopods Anesthetics in Cephalopods
John W. Forsythe, Joseph M. Scimeca, Jr, DVM, PhD

The Use of Human Recombinant Erythropoietin for the Treatment of Nonregenerative Anemia in the Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis Use of Erythropoietin
Charles A. Manire, Howard L. Rhinehart, CVT

Use of a Surrogate Freshwater Mussel Species for Health Evaluation of the Endangered Carolina Heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata)Surrogate Freshwater Mussel
Elizabeth J. Chittick, DVM

A Comparison of the Use of Medetomidine Plus Ketamine and Medetomidine Plus Telazol® (Tiletamine and Zolazepam) to Immobilize California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)Medetomidine Plus Ketamine
Martin Haulena, DVM, MS

Differences between Captive-Raised and Wild-Caught Everglades National Park Alligators in Serum Chemistry Values, Serum Protein Electrophoresis, Thyroid Hormone Levels, and Complete Blood Counts Alligator Serum Chemistry
James D. Barnett

Geriatric Medicine in Aged Captive Pinnipeds Geriatric Medicine
Laurie J. Gage, DVM

Laparoscopic Techniques for the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Laparoscopic Techniques
Samuel R. Dover, DVM

Meningitis and Hydrocephalus in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, From the Texas Gulf Coast Meningitis & Hydrocephalus
Daniel F. Cowan, MD, CM

Parasitic Helminth (Acanthocephalan) Infection as a Cause of Mortality in the California Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)Parasitic Helminth Infection
Murray D. Dailey, PhD , Karl Mayer

Pharmacokinetics of Florfenicol in the Red Pacu (Colossoma brachypomum) After Single Dose Intramuscular Administration Pharmacokinetics of Florfenicol
Gregory A. Lewbart, MS, VMD

Talking Trash--Interim Report on Collaborative Partnerships to Recover the Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)Talking Trash
John R. Henderson, Nina M. Young

The Clinical Importance of MHC Molecules in Marine Mammals MHC Molecules
Brian M. Aldridge, PhD, DACVIM, MRCVS , Jeffrey L. Stott, PhD

Whirling Disease in Rainbow Trout: Histology, Hematology, and Growth-Related Parameter Whirling Disease
Christine L. Densmore, DVM, PhD

Analytical Flow Cytometry: A Tool for Assessing Cetacean Health Analytical Flow Cytometry
Jeffrey L. Stott, PhD

Clinical and Pathologic Findings from a Large Collection of Syngnathid Fishes (Seahorses, Pipefishes, and Their Relatives)Syngnathid Fishes
Martin G. Greenwell

Giardiasis in Canadian Phocid Seals Giardiasis in Seals
Lena N. Measures, Merle Olson

Granulomatous Gastritis in Juvenile Discus (Symphysodon sp.)Granulomatous Gastritis
Roy P.E. Yanong, BA, VMD

Gross Morphology of the Intestinal Tract of the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Gross Morphology
Stephen A. Smith, DVM, PhD

Hematologic, Biochemical and Endocrine Effects of Dexamethasone on Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)Effects of Dexamethasone
James F. McBain, DVM , Thomas H. Reidarson, DVM

Ichthyophonosis in a Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus): A Case Report Ichthyophonosis
Ruth Francis-Floyd, DVM, MS, DACZM , RuthEllen C. Klinger, MS

Necropsy of a Leucystic American Alligator Leucystic American Alligator
James D. Barnett

Penile Prolapse and Amputation in an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)Penile Prolapse
Robert S. Bakal

Preliminary In Vivo Characterization of Channel Catfish Virus Infection in Experimentally Infected Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Using In Situ Hybridization Channel Catfish Virus Infection
Steven E. Poet, MS

Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX), An Important Disease of Hard Clams (Mercenaria mercenaria)Quahog Parasite Unknown
Dale Leavitt, PhD , Roxanna Smolowitz, DVM

Successful Treatment of Lead Toxicosis in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Lead Toxicosis
Mark D. Stetter, DVM, DACZM

The Center for Conservation Medicine: A New Consortium to Address Marine Ecosystem Health and Monitoring Center for Conservation Medicine
A. Alonso Aguirre, DVM, MS, PhD , Gary Tabor

The Moving Median Method to Estimate Normal Egg Parameters for Alligator Populations in the Southern Everglades, Southwest Louisiana, and Lake Griffin Moving Median Method
Paul T. Cardeilhac, DVM, PhD

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