5. Keiichi Ueda
Okinawa Churashima Foundation RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Research on marine organisms

Research staff profile

Keiichi Ueda

Keiichi Ueda, Ph.D.

(Laboratory Manager & Senior Research Scientist, Zoological Laboratory)

Area of expertise Clinical veterinary of the small cetaceans
Research content Research on surgical procedures of aquatic animals
Research on fungal infections concerning the small cetaceans

Background

  • 2021-present: “Senior researcher, Zoological Laboratory, Okinawa Churashima Research Institute” and “Manager, Animal Hearth Management, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium”
  • 2017- Manager, Zoological Laboratory and Manager, Animal Hearth Management.
  • 2014-Assistant manager, Marine mammal and sea turtles section, reared sea turtles and dolphins.
  • 2008-Chief researcher, Zoological Laboratory, researched veterinarian medicine for small cetaceans.
  • 2002 - Current post at the Ocean Exposition Commemorative Park Management Foundation (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium)
  • 1996 - Served at Okinawa Marine Organism Breeding Technology Center
  • 1996 - Bachelor of Agriculture in Veterinary Medicine Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan.

Research papers, publications

  • Minakawa T, Takahashi S, Azakami D, Nakamura M, Ueda K. 2021. Intralesional bleomycin treatment for an oral squamous cell carcinoma in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). Japanese Jounal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. (in press).
  • Kanegae H, Souza Sugiura IM, Minakawa T, Augasuto OM, Itano EN, Wada S, Nakamura Y, Shumoto G, Sano A, Ueda K. 2021.Confirmation of a Suspected Case of Paracoccidioidomycosis Ceti by a Combination of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (PCR-LAMP) Analysis. Japanese Jounal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. (in press).
  • Ikeshima, S., Higa, S., Mitani, Y., Omata, M., Kobayashi, N., Ueda, K., Kawazu, I. 2021. First Observation of Pregnancy and Parturition in a Captive Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata). Mammal Study, 46(4): 1–6.
  • Ohsaki H, Ueda K, Oshiro M, Kamoshida S, Suzuki, Nishiyama A. 2021. Cytologic features of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Sep;50(3):404-409. doi: 10.1111/vcp.12996.
  • Kobayashi N, Tokutake K, Yoshida H, Okabe H, Miyamoto K, Ito H, Higashi N, Fukada S, Yamazaki K, Higa S, Kawazu I, Ueda K. 2021. The First Stranding Record of Longman’s Beaked Whale (Indopacetus pacificus) in Okinawa, Japan. Aquatic Mammals, 47(2): 153–174.
  • Kobayashi N, Ozawa S, Hanahara N, Tokutake K, Kaneshi T, Inoue K, Okabe H, Miyamoto K, Ueda K. 2021. The first record of a Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) newborn neonate found on Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan. Marine Biodiversity Records, 14(4):1–12.
  • Minakawa T, Shumoto G, Kezuka C, Izawa T, Sasaki K, Yamaguchi S, Kamezaki N, Yamate J, Konno T, Sano A, Nakagawa Itano E, Wada S, Willson C, Ueda K. 2020. Seroprevalence of Antibodies Against Paracoccidioides Spp. in Captive Dolphins from Three Aquaria in Japan. Mycopathologia 185:1013–1020.
  • Kanegae H, Tomino N, Nakamura Y, Minakawa T, Yaguchi T, Izawa T, Sano A, Nakagawa Itano E, Ueda K. 2020. Parengyodontium album Isolated from Cutaneous Lesions of a Pacific White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) During Treatment for Paracoccidioidomycosis Ceti. Mycopathologia 185: 1021–1031.
  • Suzuki A, Akuzawa K, Kogi K, Ueda K, Suzuki M. 2020. Captive environment influences the composition and diversity of fecal microbiota in Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus. Marine Mammal Science 37(1): 207–219.
  • Ohsaki H, Ueda K, Oshiro M, Kamoshida S, Suzuki M, Nishiyama A. 2020. Cytologic features of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 50(3): 404–409.
  • Werth A, Ito H, Ueda K. 2020. Multiaxial movements at the minke whale temporomandibular joint. Journal of morphology. 281(3): 402–412.
  • Shumoto G, Nagashima LA, Nakagawa Itano E, Minakawa T, Ueda K, Sano A. 2019. Immunohistochemical Cross-Reactivity Between Arthrographis kalrae and Highly Pathogenic Coccidioides posadasii, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Paracoccidioides Fungal Species. Mycopathologia 184:393–402.
  • Shumoto G, Ueda K, Yamaguchi S, Kaneshima T, Konno T, Terashima Y, Yamamoto A, Nagashima LA, Itano EN, Sano A. 2018. Immunohistochemical Cross-Reactivity Between Paracoccidioides sp. from Dolphins and Histoplasma capsulatum(Article). Mycopathologia,183 (5) :793-803.
  • Minakawa T, Ueda K, Sano A, Kamisako H, Iwanaga M, Komine T, Wada S. 2018. A Suspected Case of Paracoccidioidomycosis Ceti in a Male Aquarium-maintained Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) in Japan. Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 17–11.
  • Tomita T, Toda M, Miyamoto K, Oka S, Ueda K, Sato K. 2018. Development of the lunate-shaped caudal fin in white shark embryos. The Anatomical Record, 301: 1068-1073.
  • Ueda K, Nakamura I, Itano EN, Takemura K, Nakazato Y, Sano A. 2017. Trichosporon asteroides Isolated from Cutaneous Lesions of a Suspected Case of “paracoccidioidomycosis ceti” in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Mycopathologia, 182: 937–946.
  • Ueda K, M, Murakumo K, Matsumoto Y, Sato K, Uchida S. 2017. Chapter 26. Physical examination and clinical approach for large elasmobranchs. The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual II: Recent Advances in the Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives 255–262.
  • Tamura J, Yanagisawa M, Endo Y, Ueda K, Koga H, Izumisawa Y, Yamashita K. 2017. Anesthetic Management of an Indo-Pacific Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) Requiring Surgical debridement of a Tail Abscess. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(1): 200–203.
  • Minakawa T, Ueda K, Tanaka M, Tanaka N, Kuwamura M, Izawa T, Konno T, Yamate J, Nakagawa Itano E, Sano A, Wada S. 2016. Detection of Multiple Budding Yeast Cells and a Partial Sequence of 43-kDa Glycoprotein Coding Gene of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis from a Case of Lacaziosis in a Female Pacific White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) Mycopathologia 181: 523–529. DOI 10.1007/s11046-016-9988-4
  • Ueda K, Izumisawa Y, Miyahara H 2014. Surgical Treatment of Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops truncatus, Pseudorca crassidens, and Steno bredanensis) in an Aquarium. Aquatic Mammals 40(2): 185–190. DOI 10.1578/AM.40.2.2014.185
  • Ueda K, Murakami M, Kato J, Miyahara H, Izumisawa Y 2013. Intervention to improve the quality of life of a bottlenose dolphin that developed necrosis on the tail flukes. Journal of Physical Therapy Science 25:1201–1207.
  • Ueda K, Sano A, Yamate, Itano-Nakagawa E, Kuwamura M, Izawa T, Tanaka M, Hasegawa Y, Chibana H, Izumisawa Y, Miyahara H, Uchida S 2013. Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine 2013: 1–9.
    (http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/318548).
  • Tomita T, Toda M, Ueda K, Uchida S, Nakaya K. 2012. Live-brearing manta ray: How the embryo acquires oxygen without placenta and umbilical cord. Biology Letters 8:721–724.
  • Suzuki M, Nozawa A, Ueda K, Bungo T, Terao H, Asahina K. 2012. Secretory patterns of catecholamines in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. General and Comparative Endocrinology 177: 76–81.
  • Von Lieven AF, Uni S, Ueda K, Barbuto M, Bain O. 2011. Cutidiplogaster manati n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from skin lesions of a West Indian manatee (Sirenia) from the Okinawa Churaumi. Nematology 13(1): 51–59.
  • Funasaka N, Yoshioka M, Suzuki M, Ueda K, Miyahara H, Uchida S. 2011. Seasonal Difference of Diurnal Variations in Serum Melatonin, Cortisol, Testosterone, and Rectal Temperature in Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Aquatic mammals 37: 433–442.
  • Sun Q, Morikawa H, Ueda K, Miyahara H, Nakashima M. 2011. Bending Properties of Tail Flukes of Dolphin. Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering 6: 15–25.
  • Takahashi H, Ueda K, Itano-Nakagawa E, Yanagisawa M, Murata Y, Murata M, Yaguchi T, Murakami M, Kamei K, Inomata T, Miyahara H, Sano A, Uchida S. 2010. Candida albicans and C. tropicalis Isolates from the Expired Breathes of Captive Dolphins and Their Environments in an Aquarium. Veterinary Medicine International. 2010:1–12. (http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/349364).
  • Sun Q, Morikawa H, Kobayashi S, Ueda K, Miyahara H, Nakashima M. 2010. Structure and Mechanical Properties on Tail Flukes of Dolphin. Journal of Aero Aqua Bio-Mechanisms 1: 45–50.
  • Sun Q, Morikawa H, Kobayashi S, Ueda K, Miyahara H, Nakashima M. 2010. Structure and Bending Properties of Central Part of Tail Fin of Dolphin. Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering 5: 388–398.
  • Itou T, Koie H, Yanagisawa M, Ueda K, Kuwano R, Suzuki M, Moritomo T, Sasaki T. 2010. Bone marrow biopsy from the flipper of a dolphin. The Veterinary Journal 185:216–217.
  • Itou T, Koie H, Yanagisawa M, Ueda K, Kuwano R, Suzuki M, Moritomo T, Sasaki T. 2010. A new approach to bone biopsy in cetaceans. The Veterinary Journal 185:101–102.
  • Suzuki M, Uchida S, Ueda K, Tobayama T, Katsumata E, Yoshioka M, Aida K. 2003. Diurnal and annual changes in serum cortisol concentrations in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus and killer whales Orcinus orca. General and Comparative Endocrinology 132: 427–433.

Awards received and others

  • 2014 - Excellent Paper Award of the Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2013
  • 2013 - Soma Award of the Japan Placenta Association
  • 2012-Excellent Presentation Award at the Rehabilitation Care Joint Study Conference Sapporo
  • 2012 - Excellent Presentation Award at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Medical Mycology
  • 2009 - Artificial tail fin patented
  • 2006 - Excellent Presentation Award at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Medical Mycology
  • 2005 - Excellence in Science Communication Award at the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals

Affiliated academic society

  • Japan Veterinary Medical Association
  • The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology
  • Japan Rehabilitation Care Association
  • Japan Placenta Association

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