Pathologic and parasitologic findings of cold-stunned kemp's ridley sea turtles (lepidochelys kempii) stranded on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2001-2006

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-610

  Lnnis, Charles ^a   Nyaoke, Akinyi C ^a,b   Rogers Williams III, C ^c,d   Dunnigan, Bridget ^c,e   Merigo, Constance ^a   Woodward, Denise L ^b   Scott Weber, E ^a,f   Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d National Marine Life Center   (United States)

^e Vineyard Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold stunned; Kemp's ridley; Lepidochelys kernpii; Parasitology; Pathology; Sea turtle; Stranding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CESTODA; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; NEMATODA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; DROWNING; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEA; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROWNING; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURTLES;

EID: 70349328068     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.594     Document Type: Article

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