Transcriptome profiling of blood from common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico to enhance health assessment capabilities

• Jeanine S. Morey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jeanine.morey@nmmf.org

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-6608

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• Brian C. Balmer,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Dolphin Relief and Research, Clancy, Montana, United States of America

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Eric S. Zolman,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Ryan Takeshita,

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

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Sylvain De Guise,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Teresa K. Rowles,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Cynthia R. Smith,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Randall S. Wells,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9793-4181

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• Lori H. Schwacke

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

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

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