Publications

RM Boys, BCW Kot, G Lye, NJ Beausolell, S Hunter, KA Stockin. Evaluation of ballistics euthanasia applied to stranded cetaceans using ethological and post-mortem computed tomography assessment. Veterinary Research Communications 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-024-10537-3.

BCW Kot, JWY Yeong, ASY Kwan, GYH Ho, HHN Ho, HCL Tsui, TYT Chung, T Gerussi. Illustrated cross-sectional computed tomography of the cetacean abdomino-pelvic organs. Annals of Anatomy 2024:256:152317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2024.152317.
 
Q Wang, Y Ruan, L Jin, BCW Kot, KMY Leung, PKS Lam. Temporal Trends and Suspect Screening of Halogenated Flame Retardants and Their Metabolites in Blubbers of Cetaceans Stranded in Hong Kong Waters during 2013–2020. Environmental Science & Technology 2023:57:9298-9308. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c00684.
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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