Highly abundant core taxa in the blow within and across captive bottlenose dolphins provide evidence for a temporally stable airway microbiota

Table 3 Cause, type, date and period of antimicrobial (AB) treatment of four dolphins

Dolphin ID	Cause of AB treatment	AB medication	AB dosage	Period of treatment
Gemma	Aborted calf, prevention of infection	Amoxycillin	Oral administration, 2500 mg, twice a day	02/05 to 13/06/2017 (6 weeks)
Howie	Ocular infection	Doxycycline	Oral administration, 250 mg, twice a day	30/05 to 07/062017 (7 days)
Nudgee	Septic arthritis in shoulder joint	Amoxycillin	Oral administration, 3000 mg, twice a day	22/06 to 27/07/2017 (5 weeks)
Nudgee	Septic arthritis in shoulder joint	Gentomicin	Oral administration, 500 mg, once a week	22/06 to 27/07/2017 (5 weeks)
Stella	Inappetence	Amoxycillin	Oral administration, 4000 mg	05/07/2017 (only once)

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