Search Results - "Keenan, Tiffany F"
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High diversity and unique composition of gut microbiomes in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales
Published in Scientific reports (03-08-2017)“…Mammals host diverse bacterial and archaeal symbiont communities (i.e. microbiomes) that play important roles in digestive and immune system functioning, yet…”
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Gut bacterial communities in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) throughout a disease-driven (Morbillivirus) unusual mortality event
Published in FEMS microbiology ecology (22-08-2023)“…Abstract Gut microbiomes are important determinants of animal health. In sentinel marine mammals where animal and ocean health are connected, microbiome…”
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Prevalence and anatomic site of Crassicauda sp. infection, and its use in species identification, in kogiid whales from the mid-Atlantic United States
Published in Marine mammal science (01-07-2016)“…The parasitic nematode Crassicauda sp. was initially described in kogiid whales from specimens collected within cervical tissues, uncommon sites of infection…”
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Gross and histological morphology of the cervical gill slit gland of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
Published in Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) (01-03-2022)“…Odontocete cetaceans have undergone profound modifications to their integument and sensory systems and are generally thought to lack specialized exocrine…”
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Habitat use pattern of the giant parasitic nematode Crassicauda magna within the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Published in Diseases of aquatic organisms (05-03-2018)“…The giant (>3 m) parasitic nematode Crassicauda magna infects kogiid whales, although only 3 studies to date have provided detailed descriptions of these…”
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Habitat use pattern of the giant parasitic nematode Crassicauda magna within the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Published in Diseases of aquatic organisms (01-01-2017)“…The giant (>3 m) parasitic nematode Crassicauda magna infects kogiid whales, although only 3 studies to date have provided detailed descriptions of these…”
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