Dear all, here are some new publications of week 13 / 2006, which haven't been announced on MARMAM earlier AFAIK. By clicking the following link you are guided to a website, where the following references are linked to their according journal homepages. There you can find abstracts and contact information: http://www.mmbib.com/news.html Please do not contact MARMAM, the MARMAM editors or me for reprints. Thank you. Kindest Regards, Jan Herrmann CETACEA Muñoz, P.M. et al. (2006): Isolation of Brucella species from a live-stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in Spain. The Veterinary Record 158(13): 450-451. Siebert, U. et al. (2006): Pathological Findings in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Norwegian and Icelandic Waters. Journal of Comparative Pathology 134(2-3): 134-142. Vahlenkamp, T.W. and T.C. Harder (2006): Influenza virus infections in mammals. Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 119(3-4): 123-131. Barnett, J., P. Jepson, and B. Lawson (2006): Letters: Save the whale? The Veterinary Record 158(7): 247-248. Sonne, C. et al. (2006): Impairment of cellular immunity in west Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) dietary exposed to polluted minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) blubber. Environmental Science & Technology 40(6): 2056-2062. PINNIPEDIA Sharp, J.A. et al. (2005): Fur seal adaptations to lactation: insights into mammary gland function in Gerald P. Schatten (ed.): Current Topics in Developmental Biology Vol. 72: 275-308. Elsevier, Amsterdam Hiebl, J. et al. (2006): Identification and Quantification of Polybrominated Hexahydroxanthene Derivatives and Other Halogenated Natural Products in Commercial Fish and Other Marine Samples. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54(7): 2652-2657. Johnson, S. et al. (2006): Aerobic bacterial flora of the vagina and prepuce of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and investigation of associations with urogenital carcinoma. Veterinary Microbiology 114(1-2): 94-103. OTHERS Smithwick, M. et al. (2006): Temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl contaminants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from two locations in the North American Arctic, 1972-2002. Environmental Science & Technology 40(4): 1139-1143. -- --> jan.herrmann -at - cetacea.de