A survey of the diseases of marine turtles in northern Australia. I. Farmed turtles

Abstract

Chelonia mydas and Eretmochelys imbricata were obtained from the Torres Strait. Altogether, 28 diseases were diagnosed including 12 bacterial, 4 parasitic and 4 nutritional diseases. Less common were those of genetic and environmental origin. Cultures of lesion material yielded a variety of bacteria viz Vibrio alginolyticus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Flavobacterium sp., Micrococcus sp. and Bacillus sp. Ulcerative stomatitis was the most important bacterial disease of farmed turtles after traumatic ulcerative dermatitis -from Authors