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AVAILABLE PRODUCTS FROM THE HONOLULU FIELD STATION

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I am interested in sea turtle or seabird necropsy manuals (various languages) or scientific papers (English) on wildlife diseases, corals, fish, sea turtles, birds.

Manuals (up to 30 pages with color photos…this may take a while to download depending on the speed of your connection).

Sea turtle Necropsy Manual

English language edition (2629 KB)
Spanish language edition (2898 KB)
Italian language edition (2587 KB)
Japanese language edition (2703 KB)
Chinese language edition (881 KB)
French language edition (2820 KB)

Seabird Necropsy Manual

English language edition (2856 KB)
Spanish language edition (2898 KB)
French Language edition (2240 KB)

Scientific contributions by the Honolulu Field Station.

General interest

Roffe, T. J. and T. M. Work . 2005. Wildlife health and disease investigations. In . Braun C. E. (ed.) Techniques for wildlife investigations and management, 6 th edition. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda , MD. pp. 616-631 (812 KB).

Coral

Work, T. M. and R. A. Rameyer. 2005. Characterizing lesions in corals from American Samoa. Coral Reefs 24:384-390 (550 KB).

Work, T. M., and G. S. Aeby. 2006. Systematically describing gross lesions in corals. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 70:155-160 (567 KB).

Fish

Work, T. M. , R. A. Rameyer, G. Takata, and M. L. Kent. 2003. Protozoal and epitheliocystis-like infection in the introduced bluestripe snapper Lutjanus kasmira in Hawaii. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 57: 59-66. (795 KB)

Sea turtles

Casey, R. N., S. L. Quackenbush, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, P. R. Bowser and J. W. Casey. 1997. Evidence for retrovirus infections in green turtles Chelonia mydas from the Hawaiian islands. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 31: 1-7. (2600 KB)

Quackenbush, S. L., T. M Work., G. H. Balazs, R. N. Casey, J. Rovnak, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J. D. Baines, C. R. Parrish, P. R. Bowser, and J. W. Casey. 1998. Three closely related herpesviruses are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles. Virology. 246: 392-399. (2960 KB)

Work, T. M., R. E. Raskin, G. H. Balazs and S. Whittaker. 1998. Morphologic and cytochemical characteristics of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) blood cells. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 59: 1252-1257. (2416 KB)

Work, T. M. and G. H. Balazs. 1999. Relating tumor score to hematology in green turtles with fibropapillomatosis in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35:804-807. (1114 KB)

Lu, Y., V. R. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, and R. Yanaghihara. 1999. Establishment and characterization of 13 cell lines from a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomas. In Vitro Cellular Development and Biology-Animal. 35:389-393. (2416 KB)

Landsberg, J. H., G. H. Balazs, K. A. Steidinger, D. G. Baden, T. M. Work, and D. J. Russel. 1999. The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 11:199-210. (3358 KB)

Work. T. M., G. H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, S. P. Chang, and J. Berestecky. 2000. Assessing humoral and cell mediated immune response in Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 74:179-194. (3099 KB)

Work, T. M., R. A. Rameyer, G. H. Balazs, C. Cray and S. P. Chang. 2001. Immune status of free-ranging green turtles from Hawaii with Fibropapillomatosis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 37:574-581 (2435 KB)

Work, T. M. and G. H. Balazs. 2002. Necropsy finding in sea turtles taken as by-catch in the North Pacific long line fishery. Fishery Bulletin. 100:876-880. (765 KB)

Work, T. M. G. H. Balazs, M. Wolcott, and R. Morris. 2003. Bacteraemia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomatosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 53:41-46. (73 KB)

Greenblatt, R. J., T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, C. A. Sutton, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2004. The Ozobranchus leech is a candidate mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus found latently infecting skin tumors on Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Virology 321:101-110. (1758 KB)

Work, T. M., G. H. Balazs, R. A. Rameyer, R. M. Morris. 2004. Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 62:163-176. (676 KB)

Greenblatt, R. J., S. L. Quackenbush, R. N. Casey, R. Rovnak, G. H. Balazs, T. M. Work, J. W. Casey, and C. A. Sutton. 2005. Genomic variation of the fibropapilloma-associated marine turtle herpesvirus across seven geographic areas and three host species. Journal of Virology 79:1125-1132. (174 KB)

Work, T. M. 2005. Cancer in sea turtles. Hawaii Medical Journal 64:23-24. (89 KB)

Work, T. M., G. H. Balazs, J. L. Schumacher and A. Marie. 2005. Epizootiology of spirorchiid infection in green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) in Hawaii. Journal of Parasitology. 91:871-876. (355 KB)

 

Birds

Work, T. M. and J. Hale. 1996. Causes of owl mortality in Hawaii, 1992-1994. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 32: 266-273. (2174 KB)

Work, T. M. and R. A. Rameyer. 1996. Haemoproteus iwa n. sp. in great frigatebirds ( Fregata minor [Gmelin]) from Hawaii: parasite morphology and prevalence. Journal of Parasitology. 82:489-491. (1028 KB)

Work, T. M. and M. R. Smith. 1996. Lead exposure in Laysan albatross adults and chicks in Hawaii: prevalence, risk factors, and biochemical effects. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 31:115-119. (1471 KB)

Work, T. M. 1996. Weights, hematology and serum chemistry of seven species of free-ranging pelagic seabirds in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 32:643-657. (3408 KB)

Work, T. M . and R. A. Rameyer. 1997. Description and epizootiology of Babesia poelea n. sp. in brown boobies ( Sula leucogaster (Boddaert)) on Sand Island, Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Parasitology. 83:734-738. (2257KB)

Work, T. M., M. R. Smith and R. Duncan. 1998. Necrotizing enteritis as a cause of mortality in Laysan albatross chicks. Avian Diseases. 42:1-5. (1725 KB)

Work, T. M. N. G. Massey, L. Johnson, S. Dougill, and P. Banko. 1999. Survival and physiologic response of common amakihi and Japanese white eyes during simulated translocation. Condor 101:21-27.(1940 KB)

Work, T. M., D. Ball and M. Wolcott. 1999. Erysipelas in a free-ranging Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis). Avian Diseases. 43:338-341. (959 KB)

Work, T. M. 1999. Weights, hematology and serum chemistry of free-ranging brown boobies, Sula leucogaster, in Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 30: 81-84. (815KB)

Work, T. M. and R. A. Rameyer. 1999. Mass stranding of wedge-tailed shearwater chicks in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35:487-495. (2176 KB)

Work. T. M., J. Gregory Massey, B. A. Rideout, C. H. Gardiner, D. B. Ledig, O. C. H. Kwok, and J. P. Dubey. 2000. Fatal toxoplasmosis in free-ranging endangered `Alala from Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 36: 205-212. (2366 KB)

Work, T. M., J, Gregory Massey, D. S. Lindsay and J. P. Dubey. 2002. Toxoplasmosis in 3 species of native and introduced Hawaiian birds. Journal of Parasitology. 88:1040-1042. (3625 KB)

Work, T. M., C. U. Meteyer, and R.A. Cole. 2004. Mortality in Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) due to emaciation complicated by Echinuria uncinata on Laysan Island, Hawaii, 1993. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 40:110-114. (1710 KB)

Reynolds, M., T. M. Work . 2005. Mortality in the endangered Laysan Teal Anas laysanensis : conservation implications. Wildfowl 55:31-48 (278 KB).

Yabsley, M. J., T. M. Work , and R. A. Rameyer 2006. Molecular phylogeny of Babesia poelea from brown boobies ( Sula leucogaster ) from Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Parasitology. 92:423-425 (116 KB).

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