کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2438394 1107713 2010 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Corneal Fibropapillomatosis in Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Australia
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Corneal Fibropapillomatosis in Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Australia
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryChelonid corneal fibropapillomatosis has not previously been recorded in Australian waters. During 2008, 724 green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) were examined in Queensland, Australia at two sites, Moreton Bay (n = 155) and Shoalwater Bay (n = 569), during annual monitoring. In the same calendar year, 63 turtles were submitted from various sites in southern Queensland for post-mortem examination at the University of Queensland. Four of the 787 animals (0.5%) were found to have corneal fibropapillomas of varying size, with similar gross and microscopical features to those reported in other parts of the world. Two animals with corneal fibropapillomas also had cutaneous fibropapillomas. Clinical assessment indicated that these lesions had detrimental effects on the vision of the turtles and therefore their potential ability to source food, avoid predators and interact with conspecifics. Importantly, these findings represent an emergence of this manifestation of fibropapillomatosis in green sea turtle populations in the southern Pacific Ocean.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Comparative Pathology - Volume 142, Issue 4, May 2010, Pages 341–346
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