title: Shell disease in river cooters (Pseudemys concinna) and yellow-bellied turtles (Trachemys scripta) in a Georgia (USA) lake.
abstract: A disfiguring shell disease was detected in river cooters (Pseudemys concinna) and yellow-bellied turtles (Trachemys scripta) from Lake Blackshear, Georgia (USA). The turtles used were part of a mark-recapture study conducted from September 1991 to June 1993. Histologic changes on four turtles included acute segmental necrosis of the epidermis, followed by ulceration, necrosis of the underlying dermis and dermal bone, and exaggerated remodeling of bone. Additional findings included visceral inflammatory lesions and bacterial infection, sepsis and marked trematode ova granulomatosis. The cause of the shell lesions was not determined.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Garner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herrington
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Howerth
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Homer
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Nettles
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Isaza
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Shotts
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004817:Epidermis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005618:Fresh Water; D005845:Georgia; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D014426:Turtles; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology