| serologic evidence of brucella infection in pinnipeds along the coast of hokkaido, the northernmost main island of japan. | brucella infection in hokkaido was serologically surveyed in four species of pinnipeds inhabiting cape erimo during 2008-2013 and the shiretoko peninsula in 1999, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using brucella abortus and b. canis as antigens. anti-brucella positive sera showed higher absorbance to b. abortus than b. canis in almost all samples. anti-b. abortus antibodies were detected in serum samples from 24% (n=55) of western pacific harbor seals (phoca vitulina stejnegeri) in cape erimo ... | 2017 | 28262966 |
| maternal-to-fetal transfer and concentration profiles of pcb congeners for steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus) from hokkaido, japan. | the concentrations of pcb congeners in the blubber and liver of mother steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus; ssls) and their fetuses from the coast of hokkaido, japan in 2008, 2010 and 2012 were analyzed by hrgc-hrms, in order to elucidate pcb congener profiles and maternal-to-fetal transfer of pcbs in ssls. σpcbs in the fetuses were 1400 ± 660 (the mean ± sd) ng/g-fat in the blubber and 570 ± 320 ng/g-fat in the liver, respectively. there was a concern that ssls had been contaminated by pcbs d ... | 2014 | 24269191 |
| concentration profiles of pcb congeners in the blubber and liver of steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus) from the coast of hokkaido, japan. | the concentrations of pcb congeners in the blubber and liver of male and female steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus; ssls) collected from the shakotan peninsula and the nemuro strait, hokkaido, japan in 2008 and 2010 were measured by hrgc-hrms, in order to express the concentration profiles in ssls at these regions. #153 predominated in both organs, followed by #138, #99 and #118. in males, #28 and #31 were concentrated particularly in the blubber, while #177 and #199 were accumulated specific ... | 2013 | 23306066 |