| evidence of sirenian cold stress syndrome in dugongs dugong dugon from southeast queensland, australia. | cold stress syndrome (css) is the term used to describe the range of clinical signs and chronic disease processes that can occur in florida, usa, manatees trichechus manatus latirostris exposed to water temperatures below 20°c for extended periods. although no cold-related adverse events have been described in the closely related dugong dugong dugon thus far, it has been established that they make movements in response to water temperatures lower than about 17 to 18°c. in this study, archive rep ... | 2013 | 23482380 |