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Endobronchial sand casts: an unusual marker of saltwater immersion in a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps)

verfasst von: Roger W. Byard, Aaron J. Machado, David McLelland

Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 2/2011

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A juvenile pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) was found wedged among rocks at a beach near Adelaide, South Australia. It was alive but bleeding from injuries to the ventral surface and flanks. The animal was freed but despite numerous attempts by onlookers to guide it back to sea the whale was not able to swim normally, and each time floated back into shallow waters, rolling over in the one meter high waves. Representatives of the Australian Marine Wildlife Research and Rescue Organization were called and, given the condition of the whale, a decision was made to euthanize it with an intravenous injection of pentobarbitone. …

American Cetacean Society. Fact Sheet. Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps. http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/PygmySpermWhale.htm. Accessed 1 Aug 2010.

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Byard RW, Cains G, Simpson E, Eitzen D, Tsokos M. Drowning, haemodilution, haemolysis and staining of the aortic root–preliminary observations. J Clin Forensic Med. 2006;13:121–4.PubMedCrossRef

Titel: Endobronchial sand casts: an unusual marker of saltwater immersion in a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps)
verfasst von: Roger W. Byard
Aaron J. Machado
David McLelland
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2011
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9191-8

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Endobronchial sand casts: an unusual marker of saltwater immersion in a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps)

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