| morbilliviral epizootic in bottlenose dolphins of the gulf of mexico. | morbillivirus infection was diagnosed in 35/67 bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) from the gulf of mexico that stranded from october 1993 through april 1994 in alabama, mississippi, and texas (usa) during periods of increased dolphin strandings in each of the 3 states. diagnosis was based on histologic lesions, immunohistochemical demonstration of mobilliviral antigen, and detection of morbilliviral rna by a reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) test performed on formali ... | 1996 | 8844569 |
| seasonal variation in the skin transcriptome of common bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) from the northern gulf of mexico. | as long-lived predators that integrate exposures across multiple trophic levels, cetaceans are recognized as sentinels for the health of marine ecosystems. their utility as sentinels requires the establishment of baseline health parameters. because cetaceans are protected, measurements obtained with minimal disruption to free ranging animals are highly desirable. in this study we investigated the utility of skin gene expression profiling to monitor health and contaminant exposure in common bottl ... | 2015 | 26110790 |
| adrenal gland and lung lesions in gulf of mexico common bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) found dead following the deepwater horizon oil spill. | a northern gulf of mexico (gom) cetacean unusual mortality event (ume) involving primarily bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in louisiana, mississippi, and alabama began in february 2010 and continued into 2014. overlapping in time and space with this ume was the deepwater horizon (dwh) oil spill, which was proposed as a contributing cause of adrenal disease, lung disease, and poor health in live dolphins examined during 2011 in barataria bay, louisiana. to assess potential contributing f ... | 2015 | 25992681 |
| were multiple stressors a 'perfect storm' for northern gulf of mexico bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in 2011? | an unusual number of near term and neonatal bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus) mortalities occurred in the northern gulf of mexico (ngom) in 2011, during the first calving season after two well documented environmental perturbations; sustained cold weather in 2010 and the deepwater horizon oil spill (dwhos). preceding the stranding event, large volumes of cold freshwater entered the ngom due to unusually large snowmelt on the adjacent watershed, providing a third potential stressor. we cons ... | 2012 | 22815950 |