Department of Veterinary Programs, Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, FL 32940, USA,
Department of Veterinary Programs, Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, FL 32940, USA.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2024 Jan;54(4):766-775. doi: 10.1638/2022-0163.
Septicemia is commonly suspected of sea turtles entering rehabilitation. However, blood culture results of green sea turtles () are infrequently reported in the literature. Aerobic blood cultures were performed for intake examinations of 167 green sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation at Brevard Zoo's Sea Turtle Healing Center, Melbourne, Florida, USA from 2017 to 2020. The incidence of positive cultures during intake examinations was 24% (40/167). The most common bacterial isolates identified were , , , , , and . There was a statistically significant association ( < 0.05) between culture status and evidence of external injury. There was no significant association between culture status and like coccidia infection, or fibropapillomatosis. Culture-positive turtles had significantly lower ( < 0.05) total white blood cell, lymphocyte, monocyte, total protein, albumin, and calculated globulin values compared to turtles with negative blood cultures. Significantly more culture-positive turtles died in rehabilitation compared to culture-negative ( = 0.042). Positive blood cultures suggestive of septicemia are commonly found during intake examinations at a Florida sea turtle rehabilitation facility.
败血症通常被怀疑是进入康复的海龟的病因。然而，在文献中很少有关于绿海龟的血液培养结果的报道。2017 年至 2020 年，在美国佛罗里达州墨尔本的布雷瓦德动物园海龟康复中心，对 167 只接受康复治疗的绿海龟进行了摄入检查，进行了需氧血液培养。摄入检查中阳性培养物的发生率为 24%（40/167）。最常见的细菌分离株为 、 、 、 、 和 。培养状态与外部损伤证据之间存在统计学显著关联（<0.05）。培养状态与似球虫感染或纤维乳头状瘤病之间无显著关联。与血液培养阴性的海龟相比，培养阳性的海龟的总白细胞、淋巴细胞、单核细胞、总蛋白、白蛋白和计算球蛋白值显著降低（<0.05）。与培养阴性的海龟相比，在康复过程中死于败血症的培养阳性海龟明显更多（=0.042）。在佛罗里达海龟康复设施的摄入检查中，经常发现提示败血症的阳性血液培养。
