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Aerobic bacterial infections in captive juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Thailand

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2010-06-01

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10718443

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10.2744/CCB-0808.1

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2-s2.0-77953839012

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Mahidol University

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Chelonian Conservation and Biology. Vol.9, No.1 (2010), 135-142

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Thanaporn Chuen-Im, Mayuva Areekijseree, Sukumal Chongthammakun, Sheila V. Graham Aerobic bacterial infections in captive juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Thailand. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. Vol.9, No.1 (2010), 135-142. doi:10.2744/CCB-0808.1 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/28497

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Aerobic bacterial infections in captive juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Thailand

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Thanaporn Chuen-Im
 Mayuva Areekijseree
 Sukumal Chongthammakun
 Sheila V. Graham

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Silpakorn University
 Mahidol University
 University of Glasgow

Abstract

Investigation of the total of 53 juvenile sea turtles (30 green turtles and 2 hawksbill turtles) found signs of several clinical diseases. Ultrastructure and histological observation of these tissues revealed that they were infected with one type of yeast and numerous bacteria. Using aerobic microbiological culture techniques, 10 types of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria were identified, which may be responsible for disease and subsequent death of juvenile sea turtles at the conservation center. © 2010 Chelonian Research Foundation.

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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