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x Beusse, D. O., Jr.; Asper, Edward D.; Searles, Stan W.
  1981b
Diagnosis and treatment of manatees at Sea World of Florida. In: R. L. Brownell, Jr., & K. Ralls (eds.), The West Indian manatee in Florida. Proceedings of a workshop held in Orlando, Florida 27-29 March 1978 (q.v.).
Tallahassee, Florida Dept. Nat. Res. (iv + 154): 111-120. 3 tabs. 3 figs.
–Reports on the successful treatment of three T. manatus for entanglement in a crab-trap line, propeller cuts, and a possible retained placenta, respectively. Includes extensive tables showing the results of blood studies during treatment. See also Asper & Searles (1981) regarding these manatees.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1981aBeusse et al. (TM; Florida; 1974-77; 98-101.)
Bacteriology
(SEE ALSO Virology)
x  1981aBeusse et al. (TM; Florida; Edwardsiella, Citrobacter, Proteus; 101.)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TM; Florida; Citrobacter, Staphylococcus, Proteus; 118, 120.)
Biochemistry
(SEE ALSO: Digestive System; Endocrinology; Milk; Phylogeny and Affinities)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TM; hematology & blood chemistry; 113-114, 116-117, 119.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TM; ?retained placenta & metritis; 120.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1981Asper & Searles (TML; Florida; care of injured & orphaned animals; 121-127.)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TML; Orlando, Florida; treatment of injuries; 111-120.)
Florida
x  1981Asper & Searles (TML; in capt., Orlando; husbandry; 121-127.)
x  1981aBeusse et al. (TML; mortality, 1974-77; 98-101.)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TML; treatment of injuries; 111-120.)
Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
x  1981Asper & Searles (TML; in capt., Florida; misc. vegetables, tube feeding, 121, 123, 125; artificial formula, 125-127.)
Food Plants: Eichhornia
x  1981Asper & Searles (TM; Florida; in capt.; parts eaten; 121.)
Food Plants: Pistia
x  1981Asper & Searles (TM; Florida; in capt.; 121.)
Milk
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Ingestive)
x  1981Asper & Searles (TML; artificial formula; 126-127.)
Parasites: Plicatolabia hagenbecki (Khalil and Vogelsang, 1932) Mosgovoy, 1951
x  1981aBeusse et al. ("Plicatolabia sp."; TM, stomach & intestines; Florida; 98.)
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
x  1981aBeusse et al. (TML; Florida; septicemia, pneumonia; 98-101.)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TML; Florida; injuries, septicemia, hematology; 111-120.)
Tagging Methods and Recognition
x  1981Asper & Searles (TML; Florida; freezebranding; m122-123.)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (TML; Florida; freezebranding; 111, 118.)
Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
x  1981Asper & Searles (TML; in capt., Florida; decline in food consumption; 124.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1981Asper & Searles (Florida; captive husbandry; 121-127.)
x  1981aBeusse et al. (Florida; mortality, 1974-77; 98-101.)
x  1981bBeusse et al. (Florida; treatment of injuries; 111-120.)