RANAVIRUS-ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN A GROUP OF CAPTIVE EASTERN BOX TURTLES (TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA)
Voe, R. D., Geissler, K., Elmore, S., Rotstein, D., Lewbart, G., & Guy, J. (2004, December 1). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 35, pp. 534–543.
author keywords: eastern box turtle; Terrapene carolina carolina; iridovirus; Ranavirus; vasculitis
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Zoo; DNA Virus Infections / epidemiology; DNA Virus Infections / mortality; DNA Virus Infections / pathology; DNA Virus Infections / veterinary; DNA, Viral / chemistry; Fatal Outcome; Inclusion Bodies, Viral; Microscopy, Electron / veterinary; Morbidity; North Carolina / epidemiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary; Ranavirus / isolation & purification; Ranavirus / pathogenicity; Turtles / virology
topics (OpenAlex): Turtle Biology and Conservation; Rabies epidemiology and control; Amphibian and Reptile Biology
TL;DR:
An iridovirus was isolated from tissues obtained postmortem from two of the box turtles that died and characterized by electron microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, and sequence analysis of a portion of the major capsid protein as a member of the genus Ranavirus.
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