Fish & Wildlife Disease: Reptile Disease
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By Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program
September 29, 2022
Disease causing pathogens are of concern to human and wildlife health and are frequently the number one reported impairment for water resources in the United States.
Reptile Disease
Reptile Disease
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Bacteremia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomatosis Bacteremia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomatosis
Past studies of free-ranging green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis (FP) in Hawaii have shown that animals become immunosuppressed with increasing severity of this disease. Additionally, preliminary clinical examination of moribund turtles with FP revealed that some animals were also bacteraemic. We tested the hypothesis that bacteraemia in sea turtles is associated with...
Authors
Thierry M. Work, G.H. Balazs, M. Wolcott, Robert Morris
Aphanomyces invadans in Atlantic Menhaden along the East Coast of the United States Aphanomyces invadans in Atlantic Menhaden along the East Coast of the United States
The cause of deeply penetrating ulcers of Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus has been the subject of significant research efforts in recent years. These lesions and the associated syndrome termed ulcerative mycosis have been observed along the East Coast of the United States since at least the early 1980s. Although Aphanomyces spp. were isolated from these lesions in the mid to late...
Authors
Vicki S. Blazer, J. H. Lilley, W. B. Schill, Y. Kiryu, Christine L. Densmore, V. Panyawachira, S. Chinabut
Application of diagnostic tests for mycoplasmal infections of desert and gopher tortoises with management recommendations Application of diagnostic tests for mycoplasmal infections of desert and gopher tortoises with management recommendations
Mycoplasmosis is a transmissible upper respiratory tract disease that has affected plans for management and conservation of wild desert and gopher tortoises in the United States. Although impact of mycoplasmosis on populations of desert and gopher tortoises is unknown, increased prevalence of seropositive animals as well as field observations of clinically ill tortoises have occurred in
Authors
D.R. Brown, Isabella M. Schumacher, Grace S. Mclaughlin, L.D. Wendland, Mary E. Brown, P.A. Klein, E.R. Jacobson
Mycoplasma agassizii sp., nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Mycoplasma agassizii sp., nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).
Biochemical, serological and molecular genetic studies were performed on seven mycoplasma isolates that were recovered from the upper respiratory tract of clinically ill desert tortoises. The isolates were serologically related to each other but serologically distinct from previously described species. Unique mycoplasma species-specific 16S rRNA nucleotide sequences were found in the...
Authors
Mary E. Brown, D.R. Brown, P.A. Kelin, G.S. McLaughlin, Isabella M. Schumacher, E.R. Jacobson, H.P. Adams, J.G. Tully
Soluble scute proteins of healthy and ill desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) Soluble scute proteins of healthy and ill desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
No abstract available.
Authors
B.L. Homer, Chen Li, K.H. Berry, Nancy Denslow, E.R. Jacobson, R. Sawyer, E. Williams
The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) in green turtles Chelonia mydas is a debilitating, neoplastic disease that has reached worldwide epizootic levels. The etiology of FP is unknown but has been linked to oncogenic viruses. Toxic benthic dinoflagellates (Prorocentrum spp.) are not typically considered tumorigenic agents, yet they have a worldwide distribution and produce a tumor promoter, okadaic...
Authors
Jan H. Landsberg, G.H. Balazs, K.A. Steidinger, D.G. Baden, Thierry M. Work, D.J. Russel
Disease causing pathogens are of concern to human and wildlife health and are frequently the number one reported impairment for water resources in the United States.
Reptile Disease
Reptile Disease
Explore our science using the data below.
Explore our science using the publications below.
Filter Total Items: 77
Bacteremia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomatosis Bacteremia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomatosis
Past studies of free-ranging green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis (FP) in Hawaii have shown that animals become immunosuppressed with increasing severity of this disease. Additionally, preliminary clinical examination of moribund turtles with FP revealed that some animals were also bacteraemic. We tested the hypothesis that bacteraemia in sea turtles is associated with...
Authors
Thierry M. Work, G.H. Balazs, M. Wolcott, Robert Morris
Aphanomyces invadans in Atlantic Menhaden along the East Coast of the United States Aphanomyces invadans in Atlantic Menhaden along the East Coast of the United States
The cause of deeply penetrating ulcers of Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus has been the subject of significant research efforts in recent years. These lesions and the associated syndrome termed ulcerative mycosis have been observed along the East Coast of the United States since at least the early 1980s. Although Aphanomyces spp. were isolated from these lesions in the mid to late...
Authors
Vicki S. Blazer, J. H. Lilley, W. B. Schill, Y. Kiryu, Christine L. Densmore, V. Panyawachira, S. Chinabut
Application of diagnostic tests for mycoplasmal infections of desert and gopher tortoises with management recommendations Application of diagnostic tests for mycoplasmal infections of desert and gopher tortoises with management recommendations
Mycoplasmosis is a transmissible upper respiratory tract disease that has affected plans for management and conservation of wild desert and gopher tortoises in the United States. Although impact of mycoplasmosis on populations of desert and gopher tortoises is unknown, increased prevalence of seropositive animals as well as field observations of clinically ill tortoises have occurred in
Authors
D.R. Brown, Isabella M. Schumacher, Grace S. Mclaughlin, L.D. Wendland, Mary E. Brown, P.A. Klein, E.R. Jacobson
Mycoplasma agassizii sp., nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Mycoplasma agassizii sp., nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).
Biochemical, serological and molecular genetic studies were performed on seven mycoplasma isolates that were recovered from the upper respiratory tract of clinically ill desert tortoises. The isolates were serologically related to each other but serologically distinct from previously described species. Unique mycoplasma species-specific 16S rRNA nucleotide sequences were found in the...
Authors
Mary E. Brown, D.R. Brown, P.A. Kelin, G.S. McLaughlin, Isabella M. Schumacher, E.R. Jacobson, H.P. Adams, J.G. Tully
Soluble scute proteins of healthy and ill desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) Soluble scute proteins of healthy and ill desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
No abstract available.
Authors
B.L. Homer, Chen Li, K.H. Berry, Nancy Denslow, E.R. Jacobson, R. Sawyer, E. Williams
The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) in green turtles Chelonia mydas is a debilitating, neoplastic disease that has reached worldwide epizootic levels. The etiology of FP is unknown but has been linked to oncogenic viruses. Toxic benthic dinoflagellates (Prorocentrum spp.) are not typically considered tumorigenic agents, yet they have a worldwide distribution and produce a tumor promoter, okadaic...
Authors
Jan H. Landsberg, G.H. Balazs, K.A. Steidinger, D.G. Baden, Thierry M. Work, D.J. Russel