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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Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California
Several factors have combined with an upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) to produce declines on some population numbers of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the western USA. This study was designed to determine the seroepidemiology of URTD in a population of wild adult tortoises at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTNA) study site in Kern County (California, USA)...
Authors
Mary B. Brown, Kristin Berry, Isabella Schumacher, Kenneth Nagy, Mary Christopher, Paul Klein
Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert
Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations have experienced precipitous declines resulting from the cumulative impact of habitat loss, and human and disease-related mortality. Evaluation of hematologic and biochemical responses of desert tortoises to physiologic and environmental factors can facilitate the assessment of stress and disease in tortoises and contribute to management...
Authors
Mary Christopher, Kristin Berry, I.R. Wallis, K.A. Nagy, B.T. Henen, C.C. Peterson
Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California
Twenty-four ill or dead desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) were received between March 1992 and July 1995 for necropsies from the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California (USA). Diseases observed in these animals included cutaneous dyskeratosis (n = 7); shell necrosis (n = 2); respiratory diseases (n = 7); urolithiasis (n = 3); and trauma (n = 5). In tortoises with cutaneous...
Authors
B.L. Homer, K.H. Berry, Mary E. Brown, G. Ellis, E.R. Jacobson
Three closely related herpesviruses are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles Three closely related herpesviruses are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles
Green turtle fibropapillomatosis is a neoplastic disease of increasingly significant threat to the survivability of this species. Degenerate PCR primers that target highly conserved regions of genes encoding herpesvirus DNA polymerases were used to amplify a DNA sequence from fibropapillomas and fibromas from Hawaiian and Florida green turtles. All of the tumors tested (n= 23) were found...
Authors
S.L. Quackenbush, Thierry Work, George Balazs, Rufina Casey, J. Rovnak, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J.D. Baines, C.R. Parrish, Paul R. Bowser, James Casey
Cutaneous dyskeratosis in free-ranging desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California Cutaneous dyskeratosis in free-ranging desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California
No abstract available.
Authors
E.R. Jacobson, T.J. Wronski, J. Schumacher, C. Reggiardo, K.H. Berry
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
Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California
Several factors have combined with an upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) to produce declines on some population numbers of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the western USA. This study was designed to determine the seroepidemiology of URTD in a population of wild adult tortoises at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTNA) study site in Kern County (California, USA)...
Authors
Mary B. Brown, Kristin Berry, Isabella Schumacher, Kenneth Nagy, Mary Christopher, Paul Klein
Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert
Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations have experienced precipitous declines resulting from the cumulative impact of habitat loss, and human and disease-related mortality. Evaluation of hematologic and biochemical responses of desert tortoises to physiologic and environmental factors can facilitate the assessment of stress and disease in tortoises and contribute to management...
Authors
Mary Christopher, Kristin Berry, I.R. Wallis, K.A. Nagy, B.T. Henen, C.C. Peterson
Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California
Twenty-four ill or dead desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) were received between March 1992 and July 1995 for necropsies from the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California (USA). Diseases observed in these animals included cutaneous dyskeratosis (n = 7); shell necrosis (n = 2); respiratory diseases (n = 7); urolithiasis (n = 3); and trauma (n = 5). In tortoises with cutaneous...
Authors
B.L. Homer, K.H. Berry, Mary E. Brown, G. Ellis, E.R. Jacobson
Three closely related herpesviruses are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles Three closely related herpesviruses are associated with fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles
Green turtle fibropapillomatosis is a neoplastic disease of increasingly significant threat to the survivability of this species. Degenerate PCR primers that target highly conserved regions of genes encoding herpesvirus DNA polymerases were used to amplify a DNA sequence from fibropapillomas and fibromas from Hawaiian and Florida green turtles. All of the tumors tested (n= 23) were found...
Authors
S.L. Quackenbush, Thierry Work, George Balazs, Rufina Casey, J. Rovnak, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J.D. Baines, C.R. Parrish, Paul R. Bowser, James Casey
Cutaneous dyskeratosis in free-ranging desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California Cutaneous dyskeratosis in free-ranging desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California
No abstract available.
Authors
E.R. Jacobson, T.J. Wronski, J. Schumacher, C. Reggiardo, K.H. Berry