Monitoring bottlenose dolphin leukocyte cytokine mRNA responsiveness by qPCR

Amelia Ruth Hofstetter; Kirsten C. Eberle; Stephanie K. Venn-Watson; Eric D. Jensen; Tracy J. Porter; Theresa E. Waters; Randy E. Sacco

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189437

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Monitoring bottlenose dolphin leukocyte cytokine mRNA responsiveness by qPCR

Amelia Ruth Hofstetter ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: amelia.hofstetter@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4113-5473

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Kirsten C. Eberle,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Stephanie K. Venn-Watson,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational Medicine and Research Program, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Eric D. Jensen,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Navy Marine Mammal Program, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Tracy J. Porter,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Theresa E. Waters,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Randy E. Sacco

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Monitoring bottlenose dolphin leukocyte cytokine mRNA responsiveness by qPCR

Amelia Ruth Hofstetter,
Kirsten C. Eberle,
Stephanie K. Venn-Watson,
Eric D. Jensen,
Tracy J. Porter,
Theresa E. Waters,
Randy E. Sacco

Published: December 22, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189437

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