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Ultrasonography and CT examination of ovarian follicular development in ‘Testudo graeca’ during 1 year in captivity [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023
Background The Greek or Mediterranean tortoise (Testudo graeca), commonly known as the spur‐thighed tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae that is found in North Africa, Western Asia and Europe.
Banafsheh Shateri Amiri, Sarang Soroori, Amir Rostami, Mohammad Molazem, Alireza Bahonar   +4 more
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Behavioral and Morphological Adaptations of Tortoise Tick Hyalomma aegyptium to Testudo graeca: Evidence for Complex Evolutionary History [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
In vector arthropods, the host relationship plays a central role in population dynamics and is crucial for determining the current and future course of vector ecology and the eco‐epidemiology of vector‐borne diseases, particularly under the influence of ...
Sirri Kar, Baris Donmez, Bugrahan Regaip Kilinc, Zafer Sakaci, Sengul Talay, Dennis Bente, Agustin Estrada‐Peña   +6 more
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detecting Herpesvirus Exposure in Mediterranean Tortoises (Spur-Thighed Tortoise [ Testudo graeca ] and Hermann's Tortoise [ Testudo hermanni ]) [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001
ABSTRACTAn enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the detection of antibodies to a herpesvirus associated with an upper respiratory tract disease in Mediterranean tortoises [spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) and Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)].
Rachel E Marschang
exaly   +6 more sources

Evaluation of changes in serum biochemical parameters in zarudny’s spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca zarudnyi) influenced by gender and season [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background The Zarudny’s spur-thighed tortoise or Iranian tortoise (Testudo graeca zarudnyi) has just been reported from Iran so far. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of season and gender on serum biochemical parameters ...
Zohreh Khaki, Amir Rostami, Farshad Esfandiary   +2 more
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Differences in Reproductive Success in Young and Old Females of a Long-Lived Species [PDF]

Animals, 2021
Long-lived species are particularly interesting for investigation of trade-offs that shape reproductive allocation and the effective contribution to the next generations.
Amalia Segura, Roberto C. Rodriguez-Caro, Eva Graciá, Pelayo Acevedo   +3 more
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The role of Virus "X" (Tortoise Picornavirus) in kidney disease and shell weakness syndrome in European tortoise species determined by experimental infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
Tortoise Picornavirus (ToPV) commonly known as Virus "X" was recently discovered in juvenile European tortoises suffering from soft carapace and plastron as well as kidney disease.
S Paries, S Funcke, O Kershaw, K Failing, M Lierz   +4 more
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Chronic rhinitis associated with herpesviral infection in captive spur-thighed tortoises from Spain [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1998
An epidemic of chronic rhinitis in a population of 50 captive spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca graeca) from Palafrugell (Girona, Spain) is described, in which eight animals died and 12 were euthanatized to perform necropsies and post-mortem studies.
Lavín González, Santiago, Muro, J., Pastor Milán, Josep, Ramis Salva, Antonio José, Tarrés, J., Velarde, Roser   +5 more
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First Report on Detection and Molecular Characterization of Adenoviruses in the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) [PDF]

Viruses, 2021
Using a broad-range nested PCR assay targeting the DNA-dependent DNA polymerase (pol) gene, we detected adenoviruses in 17 (20.48%) out of 83 fecal samples from small Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.
Kerry Gainor, Anne A. M. J. Becker, Yashpal S. Malik, Souvik Ghosh   +3 more
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Data on the largest specimens of Testudo graeca ibera Pallas, 1814 found in Bulgaria with five new records [PDF]

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023
Very large specimens of T. graeca ibera were found in Bulgaria, but mostly in the 20th century. Presently, such tortoises are almost absent in the country. Here we summarise data about the largest spur-thighed tortoises registered in Bulgaria and provide
Emanuil Mitrevichin, Lidia Sakelarieva, Ivo Ivanchev, Alexander Pulev   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Impact of habitat loss on the diversity and structure of ecological networks between oxyurid nematodes and spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca L.) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Habitat loss and fragmentation are recognized as affecting the nature of biotic interactions, although we still know little about such changes for reptilian herbivores and their hindgut nematodes, in which endosymbiont interactions could range from ...
Julieta Benítez-Malvido, Andrés Giménez, Eva Graciá, Roberto Carlos Rodríguez-Caro, Rocío Ruiz De Ybáñez, Héctor Hugo Siliceo-Cantero, Anna Traveset   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources