| development and use of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of iridovirus exposure in gopher tortoises (gopherus polyphemus) and eastern box turtles (terrapene carolina carolina). | iridoviruses, pathogens typically associated with fish and amphibians, have recently been shown to cause acute respiratory disease in chelonians including box turtles, red-eared sliders, gopher tortoises, and burmese star tortoises. case reports of natural infections in several chelonian species in the united states have been reported, however the prevalence remains unknown in susceptible populations of free-ranging chelonians. to determine the prevalence of iridovirus exposure in free-ranging g ... | 2010 | 19931321 |
| prevalence and histopathology of shell disease in turtles from lake blackshear, georgia. | turtles in lake blackshear, crisp county, georgia (usa) were evaluated for shell disease during intensive trapping efforts on 8 and 9 may 1990. the disease was most prevalent in pseudemys concinna (74%) and trachemys scripta (35%). the degree of necrosis on the carapace was significantly positively correlated with the degree of necrosis on the plastron in t. scripta (rs = 0.50), but not in p. concinna (rs = 0.06). female t. scripta with lesions were significantly larger than females without lesi ... | 1996 | 8722263 |
| shell disease in river cooters (pseudemys concinna) and yellow-bellied turtles (trachemys scripta) in a georgia (usa) lake. | a disfiguring shell disease was detected in river cooters (pseudemys concinna) and yellow-bellied turtles (trachemys scripta) from lake blackshear, georgia (usa). the turtles used were part of a mark-recapture study conducted from september 1991 to june 1993. histologic changes on four turtles included acute segmental necrosis of the epidermis, followed by ulceration, necrosis of the underlying dermis and dermal bone, and exaggerated remodeling of bone. additional findings included visceral infl ... | 1997 | 9027694 |