A survey of the diseases of marine turtles in northern Australia. II. Oceanarium-reared and wild turtles

Abstract

Examined Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata and Caretta caretta. Bacterial diseases of oceanarium-reared turtles were the same as those of farmed turtles with the exception of turberculosis and adenitis (salt-secreting gland infection), which were not diagnosed. Vibrio alginolyticus and Aeromonas hydrophila were among bacteria implicated. -from Authors