Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
The pathology and occurrence of pathogens in Scottish grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
... of grey seal pup mortality matches the phenotypical characteristic of ...stranded grey seals with pyothorax, septicaemia and from oral ulcers in England and Wales (Baker et ...harbour seals ...
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Absorption of decabromodiphenyl ether and other organohalogen chemicals by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
... An input-output balance study was performed for polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and some organochlorine pesticides on three captive, juvenile grey seals (Halichoerus ...
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Identification and Molecular Characterization of Beta Hemolytic Streptococci Isolated from Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) of the German North and Baltic Seas
... Biochemical properties of the bacteria were determined with the commercial test system API 50 CH. The 8 group C and the 61 group F streptococci displayed almost identical biochemical properties. The group C and group F ...
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Summary of National Parks & Wildlife Service surveys for common (harbour) seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), 1978 to 2003
... largest grey seal colony in Ireland is found on the Inishkea Island group (Map ...of grey seals at this island group has shown dramatic fluctuations since the first surveys were undertaken (Figure ...
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The metabolic characteristics of the locomotory muscles of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)
... the grey seal muscle, suggesting that harbour seals have a greater aerobic ...the grey seals have the highest oxygen storage capacity of the three pinniped species, which correlates with their ...
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On the dynamics and selective transport of fatty acids and organochlorines in lactating grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
... for seals at NR, studies in the Hebrides and Orkneys indicate that while many of the same prey species occur in the diet of grey seals from the east and west coasts, they occur in different relative ...
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Maternal oxytocin is linked to close mother infant proximity in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
... Maternal behaviour is a crucial component of reproduction in all mammals; however the quality of care that mothers give to infants can vary greatly. It is vital to document variation in maternal behaviour caused by the ...
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Gas exchange of captive freely diving grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
... When at sea, phocids dive for long periods and spend a high percentage of their time submerged. This behaviour requires some combination of an increased oxygen storage capacity, rapid oxygen loading at the surface and ...
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Foraging strategies in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) : foraging effort and prey selection
... Five grey seals were used in this study, one adult female (hereafter A2), three female pups (hereafter P1, P5 and P6) and one male pup (hereafter ...All seals were caught in the wild at Abertay Sands ...
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Control control control : a reassessment and comparison of GenBank and chromatogram mtDNA sequence variation in Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
... the grey seal mtDNA data, we suggest that future studies should disregard the existing GenBank files (accession numbers AM287215-AM287254) and instead using the 38 haplotypes found by re-editing of the Graves et ...
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Phocine distemper Virus : current knowledge and future directions
... harp seals in eastern Canada in spring 1991 ...hooded seals stranded on the US Atlantic coast in increased numbers from 1998 to the end of 1999 (Figure ...in grey seals in North America ...
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The role of oxytocin in the maternal behaviour of the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
... Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) are phocids that breed annually on terrestrial or ice bound colonies (Hewer ...on grey seal colonies (Baker and Baker ...in grey seals also ...
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Assessing grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) diet in western Scotland
... of seals that haul-out can fluctuate widely over the low tide window and over consecutive days (pers obs), it would therefore be unwise to draw any firm conclusions on seal abundance and ...months grey ...
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Dirofilaria immitis in pinnipeds and a new host record
... common seals Phoca vitulina, 2 grey seals Halichoerus grypus, 3 California sea lions Zalophus californianus and 6 South African fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus ...
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Variation in female grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) reproductive performance correlates to proactive reactive behavioural types
... Consistent individual differences (CIDs) in behaviour, indicative of behavioural types or personalities, have been shown in taxa ranging from Cnidaria to Mammalia. However, despite numerous theoretical explanations there ...
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An approximate Bayesian method applied to estimating the trajectories of four British grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) populations from pup counts
... as grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), where young pups remain ashore and the rest of the population spends the majority of its time at sea, are an extreme example of this ...British grey ...
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A recombinant antigen based enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for lungworm detection in seals
... for seals, serum samples of lungworm-positive and lungworm-negative seals were ...and grey seals originating from the German North and Baltic ...Subsequently, seals were brought to the ...
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Corkscrew seals : grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) infanticide and cannibalism may indicate the cause of spiral lacerations in seals
... Grey seals are considered to be a predominantly piscivorous predator with the bulk of the diet consisting of benthic and demersal, fish and invertebrates ...of grey seals which have focussed ...
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Finescale topographical correlates of behavioural investment in offspring by female grey seals, Halichoerus grypus
... (grey seals are approximately 2m in length and can, with some difficulty, climb near vertical faces slightly shorter than their body length (AC, PPP, SDT, ...individual seals, merely a relative index ...
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Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup mortality is not explained by local breeding density on the Island of North Rona, Scotland
... Grey seals in Scottish waters aggregate to breed during each autumn, often on remote islands, such as North Rona. Individual females spend 18-20 days ashore, during which time they each bear and suckle one ...
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