Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)
Inquiries were made of the six major oceanaria in North America that maintain killer whales to determine sex, date of capture or acquisition, length and weight at acquisition, date of death, length and weight at death or the nearest recorded figures to March 1978, and cause of death. Causes of death...
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ftdtic:ADA436136 2023-05-15T17:53:48+02:00 Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) Ridgway, Sam H. NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA 1979-01 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA436136 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA436136 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA436136 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited., Availability: This document is not available from DTIC in microfiche. DTIC AND NTIS Biology Medicine and Medical Research *ETIOLOGY *MORTALITY RATE *EPIDEMIOLOGY *AUTOPSY *WHALES *GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY) REPRINTS RUPTURE SURVEYS MALES FUNGUS DISEASES BODY WEIGHT FEMALES INFLUENZA ABSCESSES NORTH AMERICA AORTA SALMONELLOSIS CEREBRUM HEMORRHAGE PNEUMONIA ULCERS VETERINARY DISEASES NEPHRITIS STROKES(CEREBRAL) *KILLER WHALES *CAUSE OF DEATH *GROWTH RATE CAPTIVE WHALES CAPTIVITY ZOO ANIMALS GENDER DIFFERENCES PYOMETRA CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME FUNGUS INFECTIONS MEDIASTINAL DISEASES RUPTURED AORTA CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGES PERFORATED ULCERS OCEANARIA Text 1979 ftdtic 2016-02-21T13:19:01Z Inquiries were made of the six major oceanaria in North America that maintain killer whales to determine sex, date of capture or acquisition, length and weight at acquisition, date of death, length and weight at death or the nearest recorded figures to March 1978, and cause of death. Causes of death determined at necropsy included mediastinal abscesses, pyometra, pneumonia, influenza, salmonellosis, nephritis, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, fungus infection, ruptured aorta, cerebral hemorrhage, and a perforated post-pyloric ulcer. Captive females appear to have a higher mortality rate than males. Growth rates for whales that died were greater than for those that survived. Pub. in Journal of Wildlife Diseases, v15 n1, p99-104, Jan 1979. Text Orca Orcinus orca Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
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Biology Medicine and Medical Research *ETIOLOGY *MORTALITY RATE *EPIDEMIOLOGY *AUTOPSY *WHALES *GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY) REPRINTS RUPTURE SURVEYS MALES FUNGUS DISEASES BODY WEIGHT FEMALES INFLUENZA ABSCESSES NORTH AMERICA AORTA SALMONELLOSIS CEREBRUM HEMORRHAGE PNEUMONIA ULCERS VETERINARY DISEASES NEPHRITIS STROKES(CEREBRAL) *KILLER WHALES *CAUSE OF DEATH *GROWTH RATE CAPTIVE WHALES CAPTIVITY ZOO ANIMALS GENDER DIFFERENCES PYOMETRA CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME FUNGUS INFECTIONS MEDIASTINAL DISEASES RUPTURED AORTA CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGES PERFORATED ULCERS OCEANARIA |
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Biology Medicine and Medical Research *ETIOLOGY *MORTALITY RATE *EPIDEMIOLOGY *AUTOPSY *WHALES *GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY) REPRINTS RUPTURE SURVEYS MALES FUNGUS DISEASES BODY WEIGHT FEMALES INFLUENZA ABSCESSES NORTH AMERICA AORTA SALMONELLOSIS CEREBRUM HEMORRHAGE PNEUMONIA ULCERS VETERINARY DISEASES NEPHRITIS STROKES(CEREBRAL) *KILLER WHALES *CAUSE OF DEATH *GROWTH RATE CAPTIVE WHALES CAPTIVITY ZOO ANIMALS GENDER DIFFERENCES PYOMETRA CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME FUNGUS INFECTIONS MEDIASTINAL DISEASES RUPTURED AORTA CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGES PERFORATED ULCERS OCEANARIA Ridgway, Sam H. Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) |
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Biology Medicine and Medical Research *ETIOLOGY *MORTALITY RATE *EPIDEMIOLOGY *AUTOPSY *WHALES *GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY) REPRINTS RUPTURE SURVEYS MALES FUNGUS DISEASES BODY WEIGHT FEMALES INFLUENZA ABSCESSES NORTH AMERICA AORTA SALMONELLOSIS CEREBRUM HEMORRHAGE PNEUMONIA ULCERS VETERINARY DISEASES NEPHRITIS STROKES(CEREBRAL) *KILLER WHALES *CAUSE OF DEATH *GROWTH RATE CAPTIVE WHALES CAPTIVITY ZOO ANIMALS GENDER DIFFERENCES PYOMETRA CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME FUNGUS INFECTIONS MEDIASTINAL DISEASES RUPTURED AORTA CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGES PERFORATED ULCERS OCEANARIA |
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Inquiries were made of the six major oceanaria in North America that maintain killer whales to determine sex, date of capture or acquisition, length and weight at acquisition, date of death, length and weight at death or the nearest recorded figures to March 1978, and cause of death. Causes of death determined at necropsy included mediastinal abscesses, pyometra, pneumonia, influenza, salmonellosis, nephritis, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, fungus infection, ruptured aorta, cerebral hemorrhage, and a perforated post-pyloric ulcer. Captive females appear to have a higher mortality rate than males. Growth rates for whales that died were greater than for those that survived. Pub. in Journal of Wildlife Diseases, v15 n1, p99-104, Jan 1979. |
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Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) |
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Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) |
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Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) |
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Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) |
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Reported Causes of Death of Captive Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) |
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reported causes of death of captive killer whales (orcinus orca) |
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