Salt gland adenitis as only cause of stranding of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-166

  Oros J ^a   Camacho, M ^a   Calabuig, P ^b   Arencibia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Tafira Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Loggerhead; Salt gland; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHLORIDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; LESION; MARICULTURE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMA; SODIUM; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SALT GLAND; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; SALT GLAND; TURTLES;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; TESTUDINES; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 79959283286     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02351     Document Type: Article

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