Durophagous biting in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) differs kinematically from raptorial biting of other marine mammals
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from sea otters (Enhydra lutris).
Bacterial infections are an important cause of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) mortality, and some of these infections may originate from terrestrial and anthropogenic sources. Antimicrobials are an important therapeutic tool for management of bacterial infections in stranded sea otters and for prevention of infection following invasive procedures in free-ranging otters. In this study, susceptibilit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.162966