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.
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Behavioral and Morphological Adaptations of Tortoise Tick Hyalomma aegyptium to Testudo graeca: Evidence for Complex Evolutionary History [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn 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 ...
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Phylogeographic and phenotypic divergence between two subspecies of Testudo graeca (T. g. buxtoni and T. g. zarudnyi) across their contact zone in Iran [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Contact zones are considered as windows into the evolutionary process, allowing identification of factors influencing the evolutionary forces. Here, we combined phylogenetic and morphometric analyses to explore the evolutionary process affecting the ...
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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.
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Case report: Intracoelomic neoplastic mass of undetermined origin in an Asia minor spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca ibera) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 This article describes the diagnostic, treatment and attempted characterization of a neoplasia of undetermined origin in a Asia minor spur-thighed tortoise.
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Population density of the spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca declines after fire in north-western Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Fire is a key ecological process in several biomes worldwide. Over recent decades, human activities (e.g. rural abandonment, monoculture plantations) and global warming are magnifying the risk of fire, with changes in fire intensity and frequency.
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Taking advantage of reference-guided assembly in a slowly-evolving lineage: Application to Testudo graeca. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundObtaining de novo chromosome-level genome assemblies greatly enhances conservation and evolutionary biology studies. For many research teams, long-read sequencing technologies (that produce highly contiguous assemblies) remain unaffordable or ...
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Case Report: Oral fecal microbiota transplantation in a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) suffering from chronic gastrointestinal disease—procedure, clinical outcome and follow-up [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionFecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the process of transferring fecal microbiota from a healthy donor into the gastrointestinal tract of a recipient. Although many mechanisms of FMT are still not completely understood at present, it has
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The metabolic cost of turning right side up in the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Armoured, rigid bodied animals, such as Testudines, must self-right should they find themselves in an inverted position. The ability to self-right is an essential biomechanical and physiological process that influences survival and ultimately fitness ...
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Molecular Evidence of Hemolivia mauritanica, Ehrlichia spp. and the Endosymbiont Candidatus Midichloria Mitochondrii in Hyalomma aegyptium Infesting Testudo graeca Tortoises from Doha, Qatar [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Tick-borne agents constitute a growing concern for human and animal health worldwide. Hyalomma aegyptium is a hard tick with a three-host life cycle, whose main hosts for adults are Palearctic tortoises of genus Testudo.
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