Concurrent Phaeohyphomycosis and Ranavirus Infection in an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) in Athens, Georgia, USA

Concurrent Phaeohyphomycosis and Ranavirus Infection in an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) in Athens, Georgia, USA

An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) was found in a stream in the southeastern US, with a mass affecting the distal right forelimb. The turtle developed complications during hospitalization, including lethargy and oral caseous plaques and eventually died. Postmortem analyses diagnosed a mixed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of wildlife diseases 2016-07, Vol.52 (3), p.742-745
Hauptverfasser: Perpiñán, David, Blas-Machado, Uriel, Sánchez, Susan, Miller, Debra L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
DNA Virus Infections - epidemiology
DNA Virus Infections - veterinary
DNA Virus Infections - virology
Georgia - epidemiology
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Male
Phaeohyphomycosis - epidemiology
Phaeohyphomycosis - microbiology
Phaeohyphomycosis - veterinary
Ranavirus
Ranavirus - isolation & purification
Terrapene carolina
Turtles - microbiology
Turtles - virology
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Zusammenfassung:An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) was found in a stream in the southeastern US, with a mass affecting the distal right forelimb. The turtle developed complications during hospitalization, including lethargy and oral caseous plaques and eventually died. Postmortem analyses diagnosed a mixed infection of phaeohyphomycosis and Ranavirus.
ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/2014-08-195