Health surveillance of stranded green turtles in Southern Queensland, Australia (2006-2009): An epidemiological analysis of causes of disease and mortality

EcoHealth

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Flint, Mark ^a   Patterson Kane, Janet C ^b   Limpus, Colin J ^c   Mills, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; disease epidemiology; green turtle; marine; neurospirorchidiasis; postmortem examination

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; TURTLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77955305475     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0300-7     Document Type: Article

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