Publications

BCW Kot, HHN Ho, PR Martelli, SM Churgin, N Fernando, FK Lee, HCL Tsui, TYT Chung. An Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) severely injured by vessel collision: live rescue at sea, clinical care, and postmortem examination using a virtopsy-integrated approach. BMC Veterinary Research 2022:18:417. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03511-1

TYT Chung, HHN Ho, HCL Tsui, BCW Kot. First unmanned aerial vehicle observation of epimeletic behavior in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins. Animals 2022:12:1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111463

HHN Ho, BCW Kot, HCL Tsui, TYT Chung. Visual assessment of contusion-like lesions caused by live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attachment in an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 2022:58:445-449. https://doi.org/10.7589/jwd-d-21-00108

BCW Kot, HHN Ho, EKC Leung, TYT Chung, HCL Tsui. Characterisation of Crassicauda fuelleborni nematode infection in Indo-Pacific finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) using postmortem computed tomography. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 2022:18:68-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.04.005

BCW Kot, HCL Tsui, TYT Chung, APY Lau. Postmortem neuroimaging of cetacean brains using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Frontiers in Marine Science 2020:7:544037. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.544037
 
HCL Tsui, BCW Kot, TYT Chung, DKP Chan. Virtopsy as a revolutionary tool for cetacean stranding programs: implementation and management. Frontiers in Marine Science 2020:7:542015. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.542015
 
BCW Kot, TYT Chung, DKP Chan, HCL Tsui. Image rendering techniques in postmortem computed tomography: Evaluation of biological health and profile in stranded cetaceans. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2020. https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/61701
 
BCW Kot, HCL Tsui, TYT Chung, WW Cheng, T Mui, LY Lo, K Mori, TK Yamada, RAL Brown. Photogrammetric Three-dimensional Modeling and Printing of Cetacean Skeleton using an Omura's Whale Stranded in Hong Kong Waters as an Example. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2020. https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/61700

BCW Kot, HLA Yuen, FHM Wong, HCL Tsui. Morphological analysis of the foramen magnum in finless porpoise (genus Neophocaena) using postmortem computed tomography three-dimensional volume rendered image. Marine Mammal Science 2019:35:261-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12512

Dennison S, Saviano P, BCW Kot. “Diagnostic Imaging in Marine Mammals”, in Dierauf, L.A. and Guilland, F.M.D. (eds.) CRC handbook of marine mammal medicine: Health, disease, and rehabilitation 3rd edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press 2018.

BCW Kot, DKP Chan, HLA Yuen, HCL Tsui. Diagnosis of atlanto-occipital dissociation: Standardised measurements of normal craniocervical relationship in finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena) using postmortem computed tomography. Scientific Reports 2018;8:8474. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26866-8
 
DKP Chan, HCL Tsui, BCW Kot. Database documentation of marine mammal stranding and mortality: current status review and future prospect. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 2017;126(3):247-256. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03179
 
HLA Yuen, HCL Tsui, BCW Kot. Accuracy and reliability of cetacean cranial morphometrics using computed tomography three-dimensional volume rendered images. PLoS ONE 2017;12(3): e0174215. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174215

BCW Kot, SCH Cheng, TYH Lau. Stereology of the thyroid gland in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in comparison with human (Homo sapiens): Quantitative and functional implications. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(5): e62060. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062060

BCW Kot, MTC Ying, FM Brook, RE Kinoshita, K Dave, WK Chan. Sonographic evaluation of thyroid morphology during different reproductive events in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus. Marine Mammal Science 2012;28(4):733-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00530.x

BCW Kot, MTC Ying, FM Brook, RE Kinoshita, SCH Cheng. Ultrasonographic assessment of the thyroid gland and adjacent anatomic structures in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). American Journal of Veterinary Research 2012;73(11):1696-1706. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.73.11.1696

BCW Kot, MTC Ying, FM Brook. A comparison of portable ultrasound unit and fully-equipped clinical ultrasound unit in the thyroid size measurement of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin. PLoS ONE 2012; 7(1):e30218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030218

BCW Kot, MTC Ying, FM Brook, RE Kinoshita. Evaluation of 2-D and 3-D ultrasound in the assessment of the thyroid gland of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 2012; 43(1):33-49. https://doi.org/10.1638/2010-0190.1

BCW Kot, MTC Ying, FM Brook, RE Kinoshita. Sonographic evaluation of thyroid morphology during estrous cycle in the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 2012; 43(2):256–264. https://doi.org/10.1638/2010-0196.1