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Marine debris ingestion and the use of diagnostic imaging in sea turtles: A review

Veterinární Medicína, 2020
Worldwide, sea turtles are affected by anthropic waste. Animals, unable to differentiate anthropic waste from food, ingest this waste from their surroundings.
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura, Helio Noberto de Araujo Junior, Herson da Silva Costa, Carlos Eduardo Vale Reboucas, Flavio Jose de Lima Silva, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +7 more
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Middle ear cavity morphology is consistent with an aquatic origin for testudines. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The position of testudines in vertebrate phylogeny is being re-evaluated. At present, testudine morphological and molecular data conflict when reconstructing phylogenetic relationships.
Katie L Willis, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Darlene R Ketten, Catherine E Carr   +3 more
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Adaptive evolution of major histocompatibility complex class I immune genes and disease associations in coastal juvenile sea turtles

Royal Society Open Science, 2022
Characterizing polymorphism at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is key to understanding the vertebrate immune response to disease. Despite being globally afflicted by the infectious tumour disease fibropapillomatosis (FP), immunogenetic ...
Katherine R. Martin, Katherine L. Mansfield, Anna E. Savage   +2 more
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Anatomopathological findings of Testudines necropsied in the Distrito Federal, Brazil [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022
: In order to determine the main anatomopathological findings of Testudines necropsied in the Distrito Federal, all necropsy records performed at the “Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária” of the “Universidade de Brasília” (LPV-UnB) on Testudines during ...
Uilton G. Santos, Cintia R.R. Queiroz, Líria Q.L. Hirano, Maria V.B. Santos, Ana K.S. Cavalcante, Juliana T.S.A. Macêdo, Pedro M.O. Pedroso   +6 more
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Rhinoclemmys areolata [PDF]

, 1980
Number of Pages: 2Integrative BiologyEarth and Planetary ...
Ernst, Carl H.
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Non-Native Turtles (Chelydridae) in Freshwater Ecosystems in Italy: A Threat to Biodiversity and Human Health?

Animals, 2022
Marketed globally, freshwater turtles are popular pets. Two species of the Chelydridae family are increasingly reported in Italy: the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii).
Giuseppe Esposito, Luciano Di Tizio, Marino Prearo, Alessandro Dondo, Carlo Ercolini, Gianpiero Nieddu, Angelo Ferrari, Paolo Pastorino   +7 more
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Pathoanatomical findings of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) victim of collision with a motorboat

Acta Veterinaria, 2021
In this paper we report the trauma suffered by a green turtle (Chelonia mydas), caused by a collision with a motorboat, and describe the case ante and post-mortem.
De Oliveira Radan Elvis Matias, Attademo Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer, Freire Augusto Carlos Da Bôaviagem, De Lorena Pires Juliana Maia, De Farias Daniel Solon Dias, Bomfim Aline Da Costa, De Oliveira Rysónely Maclay, Gavilan Simone Almeida, De Lima Silva Flávio José, De Oliveira Moacir Franco   +9 more
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Successful rehabilitation of an oiled sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) affected by the biggest oil spill disaster in Brazil

Veterinární Medicína, 2021
The standardisation of protocols and discussion of therapeutic procedures in the rehabilitation of turtles affected by oil spills are necessary to optimise the recovery time and increase the chances of survival of these animals.
Oliveira REM, Attademo FLN, Galvincio JS, Freire ACB, Silva AS, Pires JML, Lima LRP, Aguiar JMF, Moreira AB, Melo LIS, Gavilan SA, Lima SA, Lima, Silva FJL, Oliveira MF   +14 more
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Death of a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from ingestion of an eel (Myrichthys ocellatus)

Veterinární Medicína, 2020
Gastrointestinal perforation in sea turtles may be associated with the ingestion of solid waste; however, other factors, including the ingestion of marine organisms, may cause intestinal perforation.
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira, Juliana Maia de Lorena Pires, Jael Soares Batista, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Daniel Solon Dias de Farias, Augusto Carlos da Boaviagem Freire, Aline da Costa Bomfim, Laize Regina Palhares de Lima, Rysonely Maclay de Oliveira, Simone Almeida Gavilan, Flavio Jose de Lima Silva, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +11 more
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Partial albinism in Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Ovozoa: Journal of Animal Reproduction, 2022
Albinism is a genetic disorder in which there is a defect in melanin production, a pigment which gives color to the skin, hair and eyes. This congenital malformation can also occur in sea turtles, although it is not fatal, but it reduces their chances of
Emanuel Lucas Rocha, Lucas Gabriel Verissimo Pinheiro da Silva, Isadora Nathalia Rocha Barreto, Hélio Noberto de Araújo Júnior, Julio Alejandro Navoni, Moacir Franco de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura   +6 more
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