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Inflammatory Pseudotumour in Common Seal (Phoca vitulina): A Case Report
Veterinary Medicine and SciencePinnipeds, including seals, sea lions and walruses, are marine mammals susceptible to a variety of pathological conditions. Although neoplastic lesions in these species are receiving increased attention, relatively little information is available ...
Javier M. De Pablo‐Moreno +7 more
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Are Icelandic harbor seals acoustically cryptic to avoid predation? [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2021 Male harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) produce stereotypic underwater roars during the mating season. It remains unclear to what extent roar structures vary due to predation levels. Here, seal roars from waters with many (Iceland) and few (Denmark and Sweden)
Helen Rößler +5 more
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Data on the diets of Salish Sea harbour seals from DNA metabarcoding
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) diet Technology Type(s) DNA metabarcoding diet analysis Sample Characteristic - Organism Phoca vitulina Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare ...
Austen C. Thomas +12 more
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Spatially Estimating Disturbance of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Tidewater glacial fjords in Alaska provide habitat for some of the largest aggregations of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), with calved ice serving as platforms for birthing and nursing pups, molting, and resting.
John K Jansen +3 more
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Oceans, 2022 Point of care (POC) hematology testing can be valuable in triage and field settings. We assessed the accuracy between the HemoCue® WBC system and two comparative analyzers, as well as the precision of the HemoCue® WBC system in five different pinniped ...
Abby M. McClain +5 more
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Phocine Distemper Outbreak, the Netherlands, 2002
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 During the 2002 phocine distemper epidemic, 2,284 seals, primarily harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), were found stranded along the Dutch coast. Stranding pattern varied with age, sex, state of decomposition, wind, and location.
Jolianne M. Rijks +5 more
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Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) can perceive optic flow under water. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Optic flow, the pattern of apparent motion elicited on the retina during movement, has been demonstrated to be widely used by animals living in the aerial habitat, whereas underwater optic flow has not been intensively studied so far.
Nele Gläser +5 more
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To morphological description of cardiovascular system in pinnipeds (Pinnipedia)
Известия ТИНРО, 2015 Morphometric parameters of the heart, the absolute and relative caliber of the aortic arch and the major arterial trunks are determined for northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus , Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus , spotted seal Phoca largha , harbor ...
Alexey E. Kuzin
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Haul-out behavior of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Hood Canal, Washington. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The goal of this study was to model haul-out behavior of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Hood Canal region of Washington State with respect to changes in physiological, environmental, and temporal covariates.
Josh M London +4 more
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Characterising the gut microbiome of stranded harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in rehabilitation
PLoS ONE, 2023 Animal rehabilitation centres provide a unique opportunity to study the microbiome of wild animals because subjects will be handled for their treatment and can therefore be sampled longitudinally.
Ana Rubio-Garcia +6 more
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