Concurrent Phaeohyphomycosis and Ranavirus Infection in an Eastern Box Turtle ( Terrapene carolina ) in Athens, Georgia, USA.
An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) was found in a stream in the southeastern US, with a mass affecting the distal right forelimb. The turtle developed complications during hospitalization, including lethargy and oral caseous plaques and eventually died. Postmortem analyses diagnosed a mixed infection of phaeohyphomycosis and Ranavirus.
1 Naturavets Consultancy, 16 Firth Crescent, Auchendinny, EH26 0RA, Scotland, United Kingdom;
David
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Perpiñán
2 Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, 501 D. W. Brooks Dr., Athens, Georgia 30602, USA;|3 Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, 501 D. W. Brooks Dr., Athens, Georgia 30602, USA;
Uriel
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Blas-Machado
4 Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, 501 D. W. Brooks Dr., Athens, Georgia 30602, USA;
Susan
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Sánchez
5 Tifton Veterinary and Investigational Laboratory, PO Box 1389, 43 Brighton Rd., Tifton, Georgia 31793, USA;
Debra L
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Miller
D000818:Animals; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D060446:Phaeohyphomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017995:Ranavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology