Shell disease in river cooters (Pseudemys concinna) and yellow-bellied turtles (Trachemys scripta) in a Georgia (USA) lake

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-86

  Garner, Michael M ^a   Herrington, Robert ^b   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^c   Homer, Bruce L ^a   Nettles, Victor F ^c   Isaza, Ramiro ^a   Shotts Jr , Emmett B ^c   Jacobson, Elliot R ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pseudemys concinna; River cooter; Shell disease; Trachemys scripta; Yellow bellied turtle

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DISEASE; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION; VISCERA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; FRESH WATER; GEORGIA; MALE; NECROSIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN ULCER; TURTLES; VISCERA;

EID: 0030638704     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.1.78     Document Type: Article

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