@article{3d21e12ac063417bb3c02d95661baac5,
title = "Seroprevalence survey for microsporidia in common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Example of a quantitative approach based on immunoblotting",
abstract = "Little is known about microsporidiosis pathogenicity in cetaceans. Here we report seroprevalence of 76% for microsporidia in blood samples from common bottlenose dolphins (Tur-siops truncatus), from animals managed under human care (n¼108) or captured for health assessments (n¼13) and released.",
author = "Guillaume Desoubeaux and Roman Peschke and Carolina Le-Bert and Vanessa Fravel and Jeny Soto and Jensen, {Eric D.} and Flower, {Jennifer E.} and Randall Wells and Anja Joachim and Carolyn Cray",
note = "Funding Information: We conducted our study using archived samples collected from Six Flags Aquarium and US Navy marine mammals as part of their routine care. The US Navy Marine Mammal Program houses and cares for a population of dolphins in San Diego Bay (California, USA). The Marine Mammal Program is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care and adheres to the national standards of the US Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the Animal Welfare Act. Samples obtained from free ranging dolphins in Sarasota Bay (Florida, USA) were collected under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit 15543 and Mote Marine Laboratory Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees approval, with support from Dolphin Quest, Inc., the Chicago Zoological Society, and the Office of Naval Research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Wildlife Disease Association, Inc.. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
doi = "10.7589/2017-11-287",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "54",
pages = "870--873",
journal = "Journal of Wildlife Diseases",
issn = "0090-3558",
publisher = "Wildlife Disease Association, Inc.",
number = "4",
}