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Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. LI. Ticks infesting leopard tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis, hingeback tortoises Kinixys zombensis and angulate tortoises Chersina angulata

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017
The objective of the study was to record the tick species collected from three species of tortoise, each in a different province of South Africa. Ticks were collected from leopard tortoises, Stigmochyles pardalis, in the southern region of the Kruger ...
Ivan G. Horak, Ashley Pearcy, Kyle J. Lloyd   +2 more
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Raising Giant Tortoises [PDF]

, 2008
Captive breeding and rearing giant tortoises still represents a challenge and little scientific evidence is available on the requirements of juvenile and adult giant tortoises. Zoo veterinarians must know that developmental diseases are the main risk in the raising process.
Hatt, Jean-Michel; https://orcid.org/, Jean-Michel Hatt   +1 more
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Playing “hide and seek” with Texas tortoises: value of a detector dog [PDF]

Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
Texas tortoises (Gopherus berlandieri) were once considered common and abundant throughout southern Texas with densities as high as 16 tortoises per hectare.
Christin Moeller, Saren Perales, Wraith Rodriguez, Scott E. Henke, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Cord B. Eversole   +5 more
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Phallus eversion sexing in Phrynops geoffroanus (Testudines: Chelidae): a new non-invasive approach

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
The sexing of species is an important tool for population management. In tortoises and turtles, sexing is usually done according to secondary characteristics, such as plastron morphology or phallus eversion techniques.
M. S. C. S. Lima, C. A. Santos-Sousa, J. Pederassi, D. B. S. Barbosa, J. M. Frazão-Sobrinho, C. A. S. Souza, I. A. Amorim, J. S. Andrade, A. N. G. Abreu-Júnior   +8 more
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First detection of herpesvirus and prevalence of mycoplasma infection in free-ranging Hermann’s tortoises (Testudo hermanni), and in potential pet vectors

Peer Community Journal, 2022
Two types of pathogens cause highly contagious upper respiratory tract diseases (URTD) in Chelonians: testudinid herpesviruses (TeHV) and a mycoplasma (Mycoplasma agassizii). In captivity, these infections are frequent and can provoke outbreaks.
Ballouard, Jean-marie, Bonnet, Xavier, Jourdan, Julie, Martinez-Silvestre, Albert, Gagno, Stéphane, Fertard, Brieuc, Caron, Sébastien   +6 more
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Quaternary megafauna extinctions altered body size distribution in tortoises [PDF]

, 2022
The late Quaternary is characterized by the extinction of many terrestrial megafauna, which included tortoises (Family: Testudinidae). However, limited information is available on how extinction shaped the phenotype of surviving taxa.
Miles, Donald B; https://orcid.org/, Joos, Julia; https://orcid.org/, Pimiento, Catalina; https://orcid.org/, Müller, Johannes; https://orcid.org/   +3 more
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The Tortoise and the Hare

Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2023
Distance running requires a high absolute oxygen consumption, while for a breath-hold diver the opposite is preferable. We compared physiological exercise parameters and mitochondrial function in a competitive triathlete with those seen in an accomplished breath-hold diver and notice some remarkable differences, possibly explaining why both have become
Jon O. Lundberg, Tomas Schiffer, Eddie Weitzberg, Filip J. Larsen   +3 more
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Antimicrobial Resistant Salmonella in Chelonians: Assessing Its Potential Risk in Zoological Institutions in Spain

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Salmonella is mostly noted as a food-borne pathogen, but contact with chelonians has also been reported as a source of infection. Moreover, high levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have been reported in Salmonella isolated from wild and captive ...
Clara Marin, Bárbara Martín-Maldonado, Marta Cerdà-Cuéllar, Sandra Sevilla-Navarro, Laura Lorenzo-Rebenaque, Laura Montoro-Dasi, Alicia Manzanares, Teresa Ayats, Aida Mencía-Gutiérrez, Jaume Jordá, Fernando González, Carlos Rojo-Solís, Carlos Barros, Daniel García-Párraga, Santiago Vega   +14 more
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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

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.
Patrícia F. Barradas, Clara Lima, Luís Cardoso, Irina Amorim, Fátima Gärtner, João R. Mesquita   +5 more
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Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonaria) from Grenada, West Indies [PDF]

International Journal of One Health, 2020
Background and Aim: There is currently no published information on the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pet red-footed tortoises in Grenada. Monitoring is essential to understand the dynamics of the epidemiology of Salmonella.
Ravindra Nath Sharma, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Roxane Nicholas-Thomas, Gitanjali Arya, Bob Holtslander, Harry Hariharan, Victor A. Amadi   +6 more
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