First Look at Dolphin Immune System (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

First Look at Dolphin Immune System

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While there are a number of studies and reports that suggest a correlation between environmental contaminants, immune disturbances and disease susceptibility in wild dolphins and other marine mammals, scientists and veterinarians need a way to characterize, monitor and evaluate specific immune cells to investigate and confirm this correlation.

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Florida Atlantic University

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Credit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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