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Endobronchial sand casts: an unusual marker of saltwater immersion in a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps)

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  1. Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, The University of Adelaide, Level 3 Medical School North Building, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Roger W. Byard

  2. Australian Marine Wildlife Research and Rescue Organization, Torrens Island, SA, Australia

    Aaron J. Machado

  3. Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    David McLelland

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Byard, R.W., Machado, A.J. & McLelland, D. Endobronchial sand casts: an unusual marker of saltwater immersion in a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps). Forensic Sci Med Pathol 7, 222–224 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9191-8

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