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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 32(2), 1996, pp. 259-265
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Prevalence and histopathology of shell disease in turtles from Lake Blackshear, Georgia

JE Lovich, SW Gotte, CH Ernst, JC Harshbarger, AF Laemmerzahl, and JW Gibbons


ABSTRACT

Turtles in Lake Blackshear, Crisp County, Georgia (USA) were evaluated for shell disease during intensive trapping efforts on 8 and 9 May 1990. The disease was most prevalent in Pseudemys concinna (74%) and Trachemys scripta (35%). The degree of necrosis on the carapace was significantly positively correlated with the degree of necrosis on the plastron in T. scripta (rs = 0.50), but not in P. concinna (rs = 0.06). Female T. scripta with lesions were significantly larger than females without lesions. Lesions were not detected on six other species of turtles. Some areas contained multinucleate osteoclasts that were destroying bone. No tumors were detected in soft tissue samples.




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