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Johnson, A. J., Wellehan, J. F. X., Pessier, A. P., Norton, T., Belzer, W. R., & Brooks, J. W., et al. , Iridovirus infections of turtles and tortoises. Unpublished paper presented at Proceedings of the ARAV, AAWV, WDA joint conference.
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| Resource type: Conference Paper BibTeX citation key: Johnson2004a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Geochelone platynota, Gopherus polyphemus, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Terrapene carolina, Testudinidae, Testudo horsfieldii, Veterinärmedizin - veterinary medicine, Viren - viruses Creators: Belzer, Brooks, Jacobson, Johnson, Norton, Pessier, Spratt, Stedman, Wagner, Wellehan Collection: Proceedings of the ARAV, AAWV, WDA joint conference |
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Testudinidae Iridoviruses are large, variably host-specific, dsDNA viruses that infect invertebrates and poikilothermic vertebrates. Five genera are recognized, of which members of the genus Ranavirus have been shown to infect fish, amphibians and reptiles.Several accounts of iridovirus infection have been documented in chelonians.In the United States, only three cases have been reported; a Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii), and a box turtle (Terrapene carolina) in which no pathology was described and a wild gopher tortoise (Gopher polyphemus) that had signs of respiratory disease.Between July and October 2003, a captive Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) from Georgia, a wild gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) from Florida and five Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) from Pennsylvania were found to be infected with Ranavirus.
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