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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2007
Cytology is a fundamental part of marine mammal veterinary medicine that is involved in preventive medicine programs in captive animals and in the health assessment of wild populations. Marine mammals often exhibit few clinical signs of disease; thus, the cost-effective and widely accessible nature of cytologic sampling renders it one of the most ...
René A, Varela +3 more
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Sirenians (Manatees and Dugongs)

, 2014
Michael T Walsh
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Sirenian (manatees and dugongs) reproductive endocrinology

General and Comparative Endocrinology
Reproductive hormones are essential to mating systems, behavior, fertility, gestation, parturition, and lactation in mammals and understanding the role of hormones in these processes is essential for species conservation. Sirenia is a unique order of marine mammals that include manatees, dugongs, and the extinct Steller's sea cow.
Elizabeth, Brammer-Robbins +5 more
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The earliest known fully quadrupedal sirenian

Nature, 2001
Modern seacows (manatees and dugongs; Mammalia, Sirenia) are completely aquatic, with flipperlike forelimbs and no hindlimbs. Here I describe Eocene fossils from Jamaica that represent nearly the entire skeleton of a new genus and species of sirenian--the most primitive for which extensive postcranial remains are known. This animal was fully capable of
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14. life underwater
sirenia
medicine

cetaceans
15. life on land
conservation

marine mammals
pinnipeds
anatomy