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Pain and Pain Management in Sea Turtle and Herpetological Medicine: State of the Art
Animals, 2022 In sea turtle rescue and rehabilitative medicine, many of the casualties suffer from occurrences that would be considered painful in other species; therefore, the use of analgesic drugs should be ethically mandatory to manage the pain and avoid its ...
Ilenia Serinelli +2 more
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Marine debris ingestion by sea turtles (Testudines) on the Brazilian coast: an underestimated threat? [PDF]
, 2015 Assessment of marine debris ingestion by sea turtles is important, especially to ensure their survival. From January to December 2011, 23 specimens of five species of sea turtleswere found dead or dying after being rehabilitated ...
Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 We analyzed the internal structure of the nasal cavities of hawksbill, olive ridley and black sea turtles from computed tomography images. The nasal cavities of all three species consisted of a vestibule, nasopharyngeal duct and cavum nasi proprium that ...
Chiyo Kitayama +14 more
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Fibropapilomatosis en tortugas marinas:
Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2022 Como partícipes de ecosistemas, las tortugas marinas se enfrentan a una amplia gama de factores ambientales y de origen antropogénico que pueden ocasionarles daños, lesiones, enfermedades y en casos graves, la muerte.
Eduardo Reséndiz +3 more
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Endangered Species Research, 2023 Incidental bycatch of sea turtles from recreational fisheries is generally undocumented globally. At Gulf of Mexico fishing piers in the USA, bycatch is a source of injury and potential mortality of sea turtles.
J Reimer +3 more
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Capture vulnerability of sea turtles on recreational fishing piers
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Capture vulnerability of commercial and recreational fishes has been associated with behavioral, morphological, and life‐history traits; however, relationships with non‐target species, such as sea turtles, have not been adequately studied.
Margaret M. Lamont +2 more
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Animals, 2022 Sea turtles are considered endangered species, largely due to anthropogenic activities. Much of the trauma in these species involves the carapace and skull, resulting in several degrees of damage to the pulmonary and nervous systems.
Delia Franchini +5 more
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Soft Law with Hidden Teeth: The Case for a FAO International Plan of Action on Sea Turtles [PDF]
, 2006 The purpose of this article is to evaluate the legal status of the FAO International Plans of Action, and assess whether a new FAO IPOA on sea turtles could achieve any significant protection for creatures experiencing “a catastrophic decline in ...
Lugten, GL
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Developing bottom drifters to better understand the stranding locations of cold-stunned sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Every fall, juvenile sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are threatened by rapidly declining water temperatures. When sea turtles become hypothermic, or cold-stunned, they lose mobility—either at the surface, subsurface, or the bottom of the ...
Felicia M. Page +4 more
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Immunity in Sea Turtles: Review of a Host-Pathogen Arms Race Millions of Years in the Running
Animals, 2023 The immune system of sea turtles is not completely understood. Sea turtles (as reptiles) bridge a unique evolutionary gap, being ectothermic vertebrates like fish and amphibians and amniotes like birds and mammals.
Alana Nash, Elizabeth J. Ryan
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