TMMSN Presentations and Publications
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Publications 1998 - Present
Publications in 2008
Clark LS, Cowan DF, Pfeiffer DC,
2008. A Morphological and Histological Examination of the Pan-tropical Spotted Dolphin
(Stenella attenuata) and the Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Adrenal Gland. (For a copy of this paper in PDF please email Lance Clark at: lance.clark@uaa.alaska.edu)
Patricia E. Rosel and Heidi
R. Watts, 2008. Hurricane Impacts on Bottlenose Dolphins in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science, 2008(1), pp. 88-94.
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Clark LS, Cowan DF, Pfeiffer DC,
2006. Morphological Changes in the
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Adrenal
Gland Associated with Chronic Stress. Journal of
Comparative Pathology 2006, Vol. 135, 208-216
Cowan, DF and Tajima, Y, 2006. The Thyroid Gland in Bottlenose
Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)from the Texas Gulf Coast of Mexico: Normal Structure and Pathological Changes. Journal
of Comparative Pathology 2006, Vol. 135, 217-225
Turner J.P., Clark L.S., Worthy, G.A.J.,
Haubold E.M., Turnbull B.S. and Cowan D. F. 2006 Organ weights and
growth profiles in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus,
from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals 32: 46-57
Publications in 2005
Clark L.S., Pfeiffer D.C., and Cowan D.F. 2005. Morphology and
histology of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
adrenal gland with emphasis on the medulla. Anat Histol Embryol
34:132-140, 2005.
Clark, LS, Turner JP, Cowan DF, 2005. Involution of Lymphoid Organs in Bottlenose Dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus)From the Western Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Life In an Aquatic Environment. THE ANATOMICAL RECORD PART A 282A:67–73 (2005)
Tibbs, RF; Elghetany, MT; Tran, LT; Bonn, VW; Romano, T; Cowan, DF. Characterization of the coagulation system in healthy dolphins:
the coagulation factors, natural anticoagulants, and fibrinolytic products. Comp Clin Path (2005) 14: 95-98. DOI 10.1007/s00580-005-0567-1
Publications in 2002
Cowan DF, and Curry BE:. 2002. Histopathological assessment of
dolphins necropsied onboard vessels in the eastern tropical Pacific
tuna fishery. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative
Report LJ-02-24C. Available from NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC, 8604 La Jolla
Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037.
Garner MM, Schwetz S, Ramer JC, Rasmussen
JM, Petrini K, Cowan DF, Raymond JT, Bossart GD and Levine GA. 2002
Congenital diffuse hyperplastic goiter associated with perinatal
mortality in 11 captive born bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus). J. Zoo Wildl Med 33:350-355.
Romano, T, Abella K, Cowan D, and Curry B, 2002. Investigation of
the morphology and autonomic innervation of the lymphoid organs in
the pantropical spotted, spinner, and common dolphins (Stenella
attenuata, Stenella longirostris and Delphinus delphis)
incidentally entangled and drowned in the tuna purse-seine fishery
in the eastern tropical Pacific. Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
Administrative Report LJ-02-25C. Available from NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC,
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037.
Publications in 2001
Haubold, E.M., Cooper CR, Wen J, McGinnis MR, and Cowan
DF. Comparative Morphology of Lacazia
loboi (syn. Loboa loboi) in dolphins and humans. Medical Mycology
2000 38(1):9,14.
Wardle, W.J., Haney TA, and Worthy GA. 2000. New host record
for the whale louse Isocyamus delphinii (Amphipoda, Cyamidae).
Crustaceana 73:639641.
Cowan, DF, 1993. Lobo's Disease in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)from
Matagorda Bay, Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29(3), 1993, 488-489.
Cowan DF, Smith TL, 1999. Morphology of the lymphoid organs of the bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus. J. Anat. (1999) 194, pp. 505±517, with 16 figures. Printed in the United Kingdom.
Smith TL, Turnbull BS, Cowan DF, 1999. Morphology of the Complex Laryngeal Gland in the Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus. THE ANATOMICAL RECORD 254:98–106 (1999).
Turnbull BS, Cowan DF, 1999. Angiomatosis, A Newly Recognized Disease in Atlantic
Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from
the Gulf of Mexico. Vet Pathol 36:28–34 (1999).
Turnbull BS, Cowan DF, 1999. Synovial Joint Disease in Wild Cetaceans. Journal of Wildlife Diseases,
35(3), 1999.
Publications in 1998
Turnbull
BS and Cowan, DF. Myocardial contraction band necrosis
in stranded cetaceans. J Comp Path 118:317-327.
Publications in 1995
Cowan, DF and Smith, TL. Morphology of Complex Lymphoepithelial of the Anal Canal ("Anal Tonsil") in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Journal of Morphology 223:263-268 (1995).
Cowan, DF. Amyloidosis in Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Vet Pathol 32:3, pp. 311, 1995.
Publications in 1994
Kumar, D; Cowan, DF. Cross-Reactivity of Antibodies to Human Antigens with Tissues of the Bottlenose Dolphin,
Tursiops truncatus, Using Immunoperoxidase Techniques. Marine Mammal Science, 10(2):188-194 (April 1994)
Cowan, DF. Involution and Cystic Transformation
of the Thymus in the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Vet Pathol 31:648-653 (1994).
Book Chapters in Press
Cowan D.F. and Z. Gatalica: Immunohistochemistry in cetaceans. In
Cell and molecular biology of Marine Mammals. CJ Pfeiffer, ed.
Kreiger Pub. Co., Melbourne FL. 2001
Cowan D.F.: Pathologies. In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. W.
Perrin, B. Wursig and H. Theweissen, Eds. Academic Press, 2000.
Cowan, D.F., C. House, and J. House: Public health aspects of
certain transmissible diseases of marine mammals. In Handbook of
Marine Mammal Medicine, F.M.D. Gulland and L.A. Dierauf Eds. CRC
Press, 2001.
Cowan DF, Gatalica Z, Pfeiffer CJ. Immunohistochemistry in cetaceans In Cell and molecular biology of Marine Mammals. ed. Kreiger Pub. Co., Melbourne FL.
Haubold EM, Cooper CR, McGinnis MR, Cowan DF: Molecular
identification of the infective agent of Lobo's disease of dolphins.
In Cell and molecular biology of Marine Mammals. CJ Pfeiffer, ed. Kreiger Pub. Co., Melbourne FL. 2001.
Haubold EM, Cooper CR, McGinnis MR and Cowan DF. Molecular identification of the infective agent of Lobo's disease of dolphins. In Cell and molecular biology of Marine Mammals. C.J. Pfeiffer, ed. Kreiger Pub. Co., Melbourne FL.
Presentations 1998 - 2006
Scientific Presentations and Abstracts 2006:
Watts HR, Godlove L, Piwetz S,: An
underwater stethoscope based on a directional hydrophone, for use in
dolphin rehabilitation and diagnosis. International Association for
Aquatic Animal Medicine, Annual Meeting, Nassau, Bahamas, May 6-9,
2006
Kinoshita R, Spielman D, Mauroo N, Chadwick B, Cowan DF: Spongiform
encephalopathy in a stranded rough-tooth dolphin (Steno
bredanensis) diagnosis. International Association for Aquatic
Animal Medicine, Annual Meeting, Nassau, Bahamas, May 6-9, 2006
Cowan DF, Tajima, Y. Castilla, J, Soto C. Alzheimer-like amyloid
plaques in the brains of aged dolphins. diagnosis. International
Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, Annual Meeting, Nassau,
Bahamas, May 6-9, 2006
Clark LS, Cowan DF, Pfeiffer DC: A cross species comparison of
cetacean adrenal glands. The Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting,
Anchorage Alaska, September 2006
Johnson RF, Nishino TK, Cheruvu B, Ernst RD, Cowan D, Marshall, C.
Virtual autopsy of a pygmy sperm whale Radiological Society of North
America, 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, Nov
26 - Dec 1 2006
Scientific Presentations and Abstracts 2005:
Clark, L.S., D.C. Pfeiffer D.C., Cowan D.F.:
(2005). The morphology of cetacean adrenal glands: a cross-species
comparison between Tursiops truncatus and Stenella
attenuata. Annual Conference, International Association for
Aquatic Animal Medicine, Seward, Alaska
Lipscomb, T. P., Berman-Kowalewski, M, Cowan D. F.: (2005)
Angiomatosis in a new species of dolphin, Delphinus capensis,
from central California 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of
Marine Mammals, Society for Marine Mammalogy, San Diego, California,
12 - 16 December, 2005
Cowan D.F., McGinnis M.R.: (2005) Double fungus infection, with
mycotic pseudotumor in a stranded bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops
truncatus, from the western Gulf Of Mexico. 16th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Society for Marine
Mammalogy, San Diego, California, 12 - 16 December, 2005
Tajima Y., Yamamoto E., Kishimoto, M., Shimada A., Yamada, T.K.,
Cowan D.F. (2005) Amyloidosis in two Stejneger’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon
stejnegeri) 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals, Society for Marine Mammalogy, San Diego, California, 12 -
16 December, 2005
Scientific Presentations and Abstracts 2004:
Johnson, R. F., Nishino, T. K., Ernst, R.
D., Cowan, D. F., Marshall, C. D., and Bloodworth, B. 3-DCT and MRI
imaging of a pygmy sperm whale. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality San
Diego, CA Jan 2004
Cowan, DF: Changes in patterns of disease in dolphins stranding
along the Texas Gulf coast. 35th Annual Conference, International
Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, Galveston, Texas April 5,
2004
Cowan, DF: Lymphoid organs of the dolphin. University of Padua,
Legnaro - Agripolis, Italy April 26, 2004
Cowan, DF: Neuropathology of the dolphin: experience with dolphins
stranding along the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico. University of
Padua, Legnaro - Agripolis, Italy April 27, 2004
Cowan, DF: Lung disease in the dolphin: influence of the diving
adaptation. University of Padua, Legnaro - Agripolis, Italy April
28, 2004
Cowan, DF: The stranded dolphin as a biomonitor of the ocean
environment. Workshop/ Symposium on Coastal Ecosystems of the Gulf
of Mexico: Toward Integration of Research Groups. Centro de Ecología
y Pesquerías , Universidad Veracruzana, Unidad de Servicios
Bibliotecarios y de Información (USBI), Boca del Rio, Veracruz,
México, June 30 - July 2, 2004. (Invited)
Cowan DF: A case of culture proven Brucella meningitis in a
bottlenose dolphin. Biennial meeting, South East Stranding Region,
National Marine Fisheries Service, Wilmington NC, August 5-7, 2004.
Scientific Presentations and Abstracts 2003:
Cowan, DF: Contributions of the necropsy:
Experience of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network. The Sea of
Japan Cetology Research Group, Tottori, Japan, June 7, 2003.
(Invited, sponsored)
Cowan DF: Lymphoid organs of the dolphin. Nippon Veterinary and
Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan. June 10, 2003. (Invited,
sponsored)
Cowan DF: Lung disease in the dolphin: Influence of the diving
adaptation. Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo,
Japan. June 11, 2003. (Invited, sponsored)
Cowan. D. F., and Curry BE:. Histopathological assessment of
dolphins necropsied onboard vessels in the eastern tropical Pacific
tuna fishery. 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals, Society for Marine Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. Dec 14-19
2003
Clark, L.S., Pfeiffer, D. C. and Cowan D. F. Effects of acute and
chronic stress on adrenal glands of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) from the western Gulf of Mexico. 15th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Society for Marine
Mammalogy, Greensboro, NC. Dec 14-19 2003
Scientific Presentations and Abstracts 2001:
Tibbs RF, Elghetany MT, Tran LT, and Cowan
DF: Characterization of the coagulation system in healthy dolphins;
Study of the coagulation cascade and natural antithrombotic factors.
Texas Society of Pathologists, 80th Annual Meeting, Galveston,
Texas, January 26-28, 2001
Haubold EM and Cowan DF: Normal and abnormal histologic features of
the adenohypophysis of cetaceans stranded in the western Gulf of
Mexico. International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, 32nd
Annual Conference, Tampa Florida, April 28-May 2, 2001
Cowan DF: Histology and pathology of the thyroid gland in bottlenose
dolphins stranded in the western Gulf of Mexico. International
Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, 32nd Annual Conference,
Tampa Florida, April 28-May 2, 2001
Garner MM, Schwetz C, Ramer JC, Rasmussen JM, Cowan DF, Gribble DH,
and Bossart GD: Congenital diffuse hyperplastic goiter associated
with perinatal mortality in eight captive born bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) American Association of Zoo
Veterinarians Annual Conference, Orlando Florida, Sept. 18-23, 2001
Tibbs RF, Elghetany MT, Tran LT, Van Bonn W, Romano T and Cowan DF:
Characterization of the coagulation system in healthy dolphins:
Coagulation cascade, natural antithrombotic factors and fibrinolytic
system. Society for Marine Mammalogy, Biennial meeting, Vancouver,
British Columbia Nov 28-Dec 1, 2001.
Abella, K, Cowan D, Curry B, and Romano T: Investigation of
morphology and autonomic innervation of the immune system of the
spotted and spinner dolphins (Stenella attenuata and
longirostris) incidentally entangled and drowned in the tuna
fishery in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Society for Marine
Mammalogy, Biennial meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia Nov 28-Dec
1, 2001.
Scientific Presentations and
Abstracts 2000:
Clark, L.S. An Update on Stranding Events in Texas Between
1998-2000. 2nd Biennial Southeast United States Marine Mammal
Stranding Workshop, Brunswick, GA.
Cowan, D.F.; The histopathology of the alarm reaction in dolphins.
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the International
Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Knisely A.S., Z. Goodman, and D.F. Cowan: Hyaline inclusion bodies
in the hepatocytes of marine mammals: Physiologic fibrinogen storage
or congestion globules? Hepatologia 2000, 32:486A, Abstract 1306.
Worthy, G.A.J. Natural history of marine mammals. Keynote Address.
17th Annual Texas Sea Grant Marine Education Symposium.
Knisely AS, Goodman Z, Cowan DF: Hyaline inclusion bodies in the
hepatocytes of marine mammals: Physiologic fibrinogen storage or
congestion globules? American Association for the Study of Liver
Diseases; Annual meeting, Dallas, Texas September 2000. Hepatologia
2000, 32:486A, Abstract 1306
Cowan, DF; The histopathology of the alarm reaction in dolphins.
Joint meeting, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the
International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, New Orleans,
Louisiana September, 2000
Scientific Presentations in 1999:
Turner, J.S., J.P. Turner, L.L. James, and G.A.J. Worthy. An
examination of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), in
the Gulf of Mexico, using morphometrics and hemoglobin profiles: A
comparison of techniques. Galveston Bay Estuary Program. State of
the Bay Symposium IV. Galveston, TX, January.
Cowan, D.F., B.S. Turnbull and L.S. Clark. Meningitis and
Hydrocephalus in the bottlenose dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus),
from the Texas Gulf Coast. International Association for Aquatic
Animal Medicine. Boston, MA, May
Clark, L.S., C.A. Creelman, G.A.J. Worthy, and D.F. Cowan. Wound
Healing of a Shark Bitten Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine. Boston, MA,
May
Turner, J.S., J.P. Turner, L.L. James, and G.A.J. Worthy. Using
Hemoglobin and Morphometrics to Characterize Bottlenose Dolphin
Stocks: A Comparison of Techniques. Society for Conservation Biology
annual meeting. Washington, DC, June
Turner, J.S., J.P. Turner, L.L. James, and G.A.J. Worthy.
Characterizing bottlenose dolphin stocks in the Gulf of Mexico using
morphometrics and hemoglobin: A comparison of techniques. Thirteenth
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii.
November
Haubold, E.M., B.S. Turnbull, L.S. Clark, and D.F. Cowan. Cycles and
Trends of Pathology of Stranded Cetaceans in the Western Gulf of
Mexico from 1991-1999. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology
of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November
McKnight, C.A., B.S. Turnbull, and D.F. Cowan. Empyema and pleural
effusion in atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
stranded along the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteenth
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii.
November
Turner J.P. and G.A.J. Worthy. Growth and development in cranial
characters of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from
the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of
Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November
Clark, L.C., J.P. Turner, and D.F. Cowan. Involution of Lymphoid
Tissues in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the
Western Gulf of Mexico. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November
Cowan, D.F. and B.S. Turnbull. Renal neoplasms in the bottlenose
dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus), from the western coast of
the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of
Marine Mammals. Maui, Hawaii. November
Scientific Presentations in 1998
Busbee, D. L., P.E. Bielec, D.S. Gallagher, and J.E. Womack.
Karyotypic and Fluorescense In Situ Hybridization Analysis Indicate
the Extent and Distribution of Chromosomal Conservation Between Man
and the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus.
World Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco, January
Clark, L.S., Marine Mammal Strandings in Texas. 1st Biennial
Southeast United States Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop, St.
Petersburg, FL, March
Cowan, D. F., J. Peterson, and B. S. Turnbull. Identification and
use of Serum CK and Isoenzymes in the Assessment of Brain, Heart,
and Skeletal Muscle Injury in Stranded Dolphins. World Marine Mammal
Science Conference, Monaco, January
Curry, B.E., R.G. Le Duc, and A.E. Dizon. MTDNA Sequence Variation
and Phylogentetics of Bottlenose Dolphins (Genus Tursiops)
in a Worldwide Context. World Marine Mammal Science Conference,
Monaco, January
Fertl, D., and A. M. Landry Jr. First Report of a Sharksucker (Echeneis
naucrates) on a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
and a reevaluation of Remora-Cetacean Associations. World Marine
Mammal Science Conference, Monaco, January
Haubold, E. M., C.R. Cooper, M.R. McGinnis, and D. F. Cowan.
Comparative Morphology of Loboa Loboi in Tursiops
truncatus and Human Cutaneous Lesions: Are they really the
same? World Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco, January
Schiro, A. J., D. Fertl, L. P. May, G. T. Regan, and A. Amos. West
Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Occurrence in U.S.
Waters West of Florida. World Marine Mammal Science Conference,
Monaco, January
Turnbull, B. S., E. M. Haubold, V.M. Ramanujam, N. W. Alcock and D.
F. Cowan. Elemental Analysis in Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) from the Western Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. World
Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco, January
Turner, J. P., and G. Worthy. An Examination of the Cranial
Morphology of the Bottlenose Dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico. World
Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco, January
Clark, L. S. and D. F. Cowan. Histology of the Oropharyngeal Glands
of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, San Diego,
CA, May
Cowan, D. F., B.S. Turnbull, and E. M. Haubold. Organisms Cultured
from Stranded Cetaceans: Implications for Rehabilitation and for
Safety of Handlers. International Association for Aquatic Animal
Medicine, San Diego, CA, May
Haubold, E. M. and D. F. Cowan. Sterility in an Atlantic Bottlenose
Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with a Hyertrophic Pituitary
and Hypogonadism. International Association for Aquatic Animal
Medicine, San Diego, CA, May
Turnbull, B. S., D. F. Cowan, V.M. Ramanujam and N. W. Alcock. Do
Dolphins have Protective Mechanisms Against Mercury Toxicity?
International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, San Diego,
CA, May
Turner, J. P., D. F. Cowan, G. A.J. Worthy, L. S. Clark , E. M.
Haubold, and B. S. Turnbull. Organ Weights and Growth Profiles of
Stranded Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the
Western Gulf of Mexico. International Association for Aquatic Animal
Medicine, San Diego, CA, May
Cowan, D. F. and B. S. Turnbull. Advanced Necropsy Techniques.
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Regional Stranding
Workshop. St. Petersburg, FL, March