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x Jenkins, Robert L.
  1981
Captive husbandry of the manatees at Marineland 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): 128-130.
–Describes the captive facilities and diet, the manatees' development of dermatitis during 5 months when they were kept in fresh water, and observations of mating.

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Bacteriology
(SEE ALSO Virology)
x  1981Jenkins, R.L. (TM; Florida; Pseudomonas spp., Aeromonas hydrophila; 129.)
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(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
x  1981Jenkins, R.L. (TM; Florida; in capt.; mating; 129-130.)
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(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1981Jenkins, R.L. (TML; St. Augustine, Florida; husbandry; 128-130.)
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x  1981Jenkins, R.L. (TML; in capt., St. Augustine; husbandry; 128-130.)
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  1981Jenkins, R.L. (TML; in capt., St. Augustine, Florida; vegetables, fish, etc.; 128.)
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
x  1981Jenkins, R.L. (TML; in capt., St. Augustine, Florida; development of dermatitis in fresh water; 129.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1981Jenkins, R.L. (Florida; captive husbandry; 128-130.)