| herpesvirus infection in tortoises (malacochersus tornieri and testudo horsfieldii). | large numbers of pancake tortoises (malacochersus tornieri) and horsfield tortoises (testudo horsfieldii) in three consignments imported into japan died soon after arrival. some tortoises in the first consignment were dead on arrival. postmortem examination of two of the pancake tortoises and four of the horsfield tortoises revealed necrotizing lesions of the oral mucosa in both species, primarily in the tongue. eosinophilic to amphophilic inclusion bodies were visible in the nuclei of mucosal e ... | 1999 | 10568449 |
| fatal septicemia caused by helicobacter infection in a pancake tortoise (malacochersus tornieri). | bacteria of the genus helicobacter are associated with disease in humans and animals. reports of infection in reptiles are very limited. in the present study, pathological findings and molecular characterization are reported for a helicobacter species associated with septicemia in a pancake tortoise (malacochersus tornieri). disseminated infection resulted in regional cellulitis and edema of the head and neck, and pericarditis. spiral bacteria were identified in cytological preparations and wart ... | 2010 | 20622247 |
| scanning electron microscope study of the morphology of the reptilian lung: the savanna monitor lizard varanus exanthematicus and the pancake tortoise malacochersus tornieri. | the morphology of the lungs of two reptilian species, varanus exanthematicus and malacochersus tornieri, have been studied on gross preparations, latex casts, and critical-point-dried tissues. the shape of these lungs was observed to conform with that of the body, the lung of the monitor lizard (varanus) being long and ovoid while that of the pancake tortoise (malacochersus) was rounded and laterally indented. with respect to the size distribution of the gas exchange compartments, the lungs were ... | 2009 | 2782631 |
| the phylogeny of mediterranean tortoises and their close relatives based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences from museum specimens. | as part of an ongoing project to generate a mitochondrial database for terrestrial tortoises based on museum specimens, the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of 10 species and a approximately 14kb sequence from an eleventh species are reported. the sampling of the present study emphasizes mediterranean tortoises (genus testudo and their close relatives). our new sequences are aligned, along with those of two testudinoid turtles from genbank, chrysemys picta and mauremys reevesii, yielding ... | 2006 | 16150614 |
| cryptosporidiosis caused by two distinct species in russian tortoises and a pancake tortoise. | cryptosporidiosis in squamates is well documented, but there is very limited information available on cryptosporidiosis in testudines. we describe three cases of cryptosporidiosis in tortoises with associated pathology. two russian tortoises (agrionemys [testudo] horsfieldii) and a pancake tortoise (malacochersus tornieri), all from separate collections, were found dead. at necropsy, two had histological evidence of intestinal cryptosporidiosis and one had gastric cryptosporidiosis. consensus cr ... | 2010 | 20189312 |
| evidence for a new species of cryptosporidium infecting tortoises: cryptosporidium ducismarci. | cryptosporidiosis affects the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract of humans as well as of a wide range of companion, farm, laboratory and wild animals. in the past few years, three independent studies have provided strong evidence for the existence of a distinct cryptosporidium species affecting tortoises and likely circulating in other reptile species as well. a new cryptosporidium genotype was firstly detected and genetically characterized in a marginated tortoise in italy in 2007 and named ... | 2010 | 20338035 |
| an updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise malacochersus tornieri (testudines: testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation. | exceptional variability in the shell of the pancake tortoise malacochersus tornieri, both in the keratinous surficial scutes and the underlying bones, in addition to its remarkably fenestrated bony shell are unique among tortoises. based on 14 individuals of different sizes and ages, the observed variation in m. tornieri was described in detail, with additional notes on the typically testudinid skull, inner ear and brain endocast using microct-scan data, as well as the limbs. similar degrees of ... | 2017 | 28121010 |
| partial characterization of a new adenovirus lineage discovered in testudinoid turtles. | in the usa and in hungary, almost simultaneously, adenoviruses of a putative novel lineage were detected by pcr and sequencing in turtles belonging to four different species (including two subspecies) of the superfamily testudinoidea. in the usa, partial sequence of the adenoviral dna-dependent dna polymerase was obtained from samples of a captive pancake tortoise (malacochersus tornieri), four eastern box turtles (terrapene carolina carolina) and two red-eared sliders (trachemys scripta elegans ... | 2013 | 23567817 |
| the adaptive significance of the flexible shell of the tortoise malacochersus tornieri. | | 1972 | 4661321 |