Yuko Tajima

Papers

  • 1. Tajima, Y., Sasaki, K., Kashiwagi, N. and Yamada, T. K. 2015. A case of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) with lobomycosis-like lesions in Kagoshima, Japan. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 77(8): in press.

    2. Tajima, Y., Maeda, K. and Yamada, T. K. 2015. Pathological findings and probable causes of the death of Stejnegerfs beaked whales (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) stranded in Japan from 1999 to 2011. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 77(1): 45-51.

    3. Murase, M., Tajima, Y., Okamoto, M., Matsuishi, T., Yamada, T.K., Asakawa, M. 2014. An ectoparasite and epizoite from a western gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) stranded on Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan. J. Rakuno Gakuen Univ. 38:149-152.

    4. Isobe, T., Sugimoto, R., Amano, M., Tajima Y, Yamada, T. K. and Tanabe, S. 2013. Levels and temporal trends of brominated flame retardants and organochlorine POPs in melon-headed whales from Japan. Organohalogen Compounds. 75: 192-195.

    5. Ochiai, M., Nomiyama, K., Isobe, T., Mizukawa, H., Yamada, T. K., Tajima, Y., Matsuishi, T., Amano, M. and Tanabe, S. 2013. Accumulation of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) and implications for PCBs metabolic capacities in three porpoise species. Chemosphere. 92(7): 803-810.

    6. Shimizu, Y., Ohishi, K., Suzuki, R., Tajima, Y., Yamada, T., Kakizoe, Y., Bando, T., Fujise, Y., Taru, H., Maruyama, T. and Maruyama, T. 2013. Amino acid sequence vaiations of signaling lymphocyte activation molecule and mortality causd by morbillivirus infection in cetaceans. Microbiol. Immunol. 57:624-632.

    7. Ochiai, M., Nomiyama, K., Isobe, T., Yamada TK., Tajima, Y., Makara, M., Amano, M., and Tanabe, S. 2012. Transfer potency and accumulation features of halogenated phenolic compounds into the brain of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides). Organohalogen Compounds. 74:935-938.
    8. Kitamura, S., Matsuishi, T., Yamada, T. K., Tajima, Y., Ishikawa, H., Tanabe, S., Nakagawa, H., Uni, Y. and Abe, S. 2013. Two genetically distinct stocks in Bairdfs beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Mar. Mam. Sci. 29(4): 755-766.

    9. Isobe, T., Oshihoi, T., Hamada, H., Nakayama, K., Yamada, T. K., Tajima, Y., Amano, M. and Tanabe, S. 2011. Comtamination status of POPs and BFRs and relationship with parasitic infection in finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from Seto Inland Sea and Omura Bay, Japan. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 63: 564-571.

    10. Miyoshi, K., Nishida, S., Sone, E., Tajima, Y., Makara, M., Yoshioka, M., Nakamura, M., Yamada, T. K. and Koike, H. 2011. Molecular identification of novel alpha- and gammaherpesviruses from cetaceans stranded on Japanese coasts. Zoolog. Sci. 28(2): 126-133.
    11. Suzuki, G., Tue, N. M., van der Linden, S., Brouwer, A., van der Burg, B., van Velzen, M., Lamoree, M., Someya, M., Takahashi, S., Isobe, T., Tajima, Y., Yamada, T. K., Takigami, H..and Tanabe, S. 2011. Identification of major dioxin-like compounds and androgen receptor antagonist in acid-treated tissue extracts of high trophic-level animals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45(23): 10203-10211.
    12. Nakayama, K., Matsudaira, C., Tajima, Y., Yamada, T. K., Yoshioka, M., Isobe, T., Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. 2009. Temporal and spatial trends of organotin contamination in the livers of finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) and their association with parasitic infection status. Sci. Total. Environ. 407: 6173-6178.

    13. Isobe, T., Ochi, Y., Ramu, K., Yamamoto, T., Tajima, Y., Yamada, T. K., Amano, M., Miyazaki, N., Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. 2009. Organohalogen contaminants in striped dolphins (Stenella coeroleoalba) from Japan: Present contamination status, body distribution and temporal trends (1978-2003). Marine Poll. Bul. 58 : 396-401.

    14. Cowan, D. F., Haubold, E. M. and Tajima, Y. 2008. Histological, immunohistochemical and pathological features of the pituitary gland of odontocete cetaceans from the Western gulf of Mexico. J. Comp. Pathol. 139(2-3): 67-80.

    15. Yamada, T. K., Kakuda, T. and Tajima, Y. 2008. Middle sized balaenopterid whale specimens in the Philippines and Indonesia. Mem. Natn. Sci. Tokyo. 45: 75-83.

    16. Tajima, Y., Nakamura, M. and Yamada, T.K. 2007. A case report of carcinoma of mammary gland with systemic metastases in a captive Californa sea lion (Zalophus californianus). J. J. Zoo. Wild. Med. 12 (2) : 123-126.

    17. Tajima, Y., Shimada, A., Yamada, T.K. and Cowan, D.F. 2007. Amyloidosis in two Stejnegerfs beaked whales (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) stranded at the sea of Japan. J. Zoo. Wild. Med. 38 (1): 108-113.

    18. Cowan, D.F. and Tajima, Y. 2006. The thyroid gland in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) from the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico: normal structure and pathological changes. J. Com. Pathol. Vol.35: 217-225.

    19. Yamada, T.K., Kempler, C., Tajima,Y., Umetani, A., Janetski, H. and Pemberton, D. 2006. Marine Mammlas Collections in Australia. Natn. Sci. Mus. Mono. 34: 117-126.

    20. Yamada, T. K., Chou, L. S., Chantrapomsyl, S., Adulyanukosol, K., Chakravarti, S. K., Oishi, M., Wada, S., Yao, C.-J., Kakuda, T., Tajima, Y., Arai, K., Umetani, A. and Kurihara, N. 2006. Middle sized balaenopterid whale specimens (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) preserved at aeveral institutions in Taiwan, Thailand, and India. Mem. Natn. Sci. Tokyo. 44: 1-10.

    21. Tajima, Y., Hayashi, Y. and Yamada, T.K. 2004. Comparative anatomical study on the relationships between the vestigial pelvic bones and the surrounding structures of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides). J. Vet. Med. Sci. 66 (7): 761-766.

    22. Kakuda, T., Tajima, Y., Arai, K., Kogi, K., Hishii, T. and Yamada, T. K. 2002.@On the Resident gBottlenose Dolphinsh from Mikura Water. Mem. Natn. Sci. Tokyo. 38: 255-272.

    23. Nagayama, R., Tajima, Y., Shimada, A., Morita, T., Iwai, T., Hamamura, D., Kamikawa, M. and Sawa, T. 2000. Pathological studying on two sea otters which died in association with prolonged anorexia and wastingness due to undetermined causes. J. J. Zoo Wildl. Med., 5(1): 111-114.

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