Intervention to Improve the Quality of Life of a Bottlenose Dolphin That Developed Necrosis on the Tail Flukes

[Purpose, Case, and Methods] A female bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in captivity developed necrosis of the tail flukes. Although the diseased site healed after surgical resection, the loss of approximately 75% of the tail greatly affected her swimming performance. To restore swimming abili...

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Autores principales: Ueda, Keiichi, Murakami, Masahito, Kato, Junichi, Miyahara, Hirokazu, Izumisawa, Yasuharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2013
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24259946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1201

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