Osteofluorosis in free ranging California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 We report the first case series of osteofluorosis in free ranging marine mammals and documentation of baseline bone fluoride concentrations in this population; however, the exact source is not known.
Margaret E. Martinez +6 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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Helminthologia, 2023 We describe a population of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Polymorphidae) from a California sea lion Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828) in California using novel scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, Energy Dispersive x ...
Amin O. M. +3 more
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Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma associated with Zalophus californianus papillomavirus 1 in a California sea lion. [PDF]
J Vet Diagn Invest, 2018 Papillomaviruses (PVs) are found in many species and infect epithelial cells at both mucosal and cutaneous sites. PVs are generally species-specific and cause benign epithelial proliferations, often forming papillomas or plaques.
Luff JA +4 more
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The multi-factorial aetiology of urogenital carcinoma in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) : a case-control study [PDF]
, 2014 California sea lions (CSLs) have an unusually high occurrence of urogenital cancer (UGC), with studies revealing metastatic carcinoma in 26 % of CSLs admitted to a rehabilitation centre between 1998 and 2012.
Browning, Helen M.
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Exceptional preservation of tracheal rings in a glyptodont mammal from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Exceptionally well-preserved material from a fossil mammal is presented. For the first time, several fragments of tracheal rings and cricoid cartilage assigned to Panochthus sp.
Martín Zamorano
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The curious case of the missing face: Death of California sea lion by Dungeness crab trap
International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 2018 Marine mammals frequently interact with human detritus due to their proximity to shores and shared target foods. Sea lions have been known to attempt to obtain bait inside crab traps.
Rif S. El-Mallakh, Michael Hartman
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Are California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Sensitive to the Attentional State of their Caretakers? [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2014 Human-animal relations appear in various contexts (homes, farms, zoos, aquatic parks, etc.) possibly favoring the emergence of the ability to understand heterospecific communication signals in several species.
Marie Penel, Fabienne Delfour
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Tracing early stages of species differentiation: Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of Galapagos sea lion populations [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Oceans are high gene flow environments that are traditionally believed to hamper the build-up of genetic divergence. Despite this, divergence appears to occur occasionally at surprisingly small scales.
Brunner Sylvia +26 more
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Ectopic Pregnancy in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2016 Ectopic pregnancies have been rarely reported in animals and little is known in wildlife species regarding the capacity of the placenta to support extrauterine fetal development. An adult, female, free-ranging California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Mauricio Seguel +3 more
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