Exposure to Novel Parainfluenza Virus and Clinical Relevance in 2 Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Populations
Stephanie Venn-Watson*

, Rebecca Rivera‡, Cynthia R. Smith*, Jeremiah T. Saliki§, Shannon Caseltine§
1, Judy A. St. Leger¶, Pam Yochem‡, Randall S. Wells#, and Hendrik Nollens‡**
Author affiliations: *US Navy Marine Mammal Program, San Diego, California, USA; ‡G2 Software Systems, Inc., San Diego, California, USA; ‡Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, San Diego, California, USA; §Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; ¶SeaWorld, San Diego, California, USA; #Chicago Zoological Society c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, USA; **University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA;
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Table 5
Comparisons of mean inflammatory indicator values between bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) seropositive or seronegative for parainfluenza virus antibodies, July–December 2006*
Blood variable, cells/μL |
Least squares means, TtPIV1 seropositive (n = 9 animals) |
Least squares means, TtPIV1 seronegative (n = 15 animals) |
p value |
Leukocytes |
6,969 |
7,602 |
0.23 |
HCT |
41.6 |
40.3 |
0.25 |
Lymphocytes |
1,357 |
1,379 |
0.93 |
Monocytes |
141 |
133 |
0.89 |
Neutrophils |
4,389 |
5,189 |
0.05 |
60-min ESR |
10.5 |
10.2 |
0.93 |
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