Minakawa, Tomoko
Shumoto, Godai
Kezuka, Chiho
Izawa, Takeshi
Sasaki, Kyoko
Yamaguchi, Sayaka
Kamezaki, Naoki
Yamate, Jyoji
Konno, Toshihiro
Sano, Ayako
Itano, Eiko Nakagawa
Wada, Shinpei
Willson, Chris
Ueda, Keiichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
the University of the Ryukyus Research Project Grant Program for women researchers from the University of the Ryukyus (No. 7, project 18SP05107)
Article History
Received: 24 September 2019
Accepted: 21 October 2020
First Online: 28 October 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. A part of the present study was used in the thesis for the doctoral degree of Dr. Tomoko Minakawa.
: The usage of cetacean sera was permitted by the Animal Welfare Committee of the University of the Ryukyus (No. 2018079). All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.