Lovich J E, Gotte S W, Ernst C H, Harshbarger J C, Laemmerzahl A F, Gibbons J W
Sayannah River Ecology Laboratory, Alken, South Carolina 29802, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 1996 Apr;32(2):259-65. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.259.
Turtles in Lake Blackshear, Crisp County, Georgia (USA) were evaluated for shell disease during intensive trapping efforts on 8 and 9 May 1990. The disease was most prevalent in Pseudemys concinna (74%) and Trachemys scripta (35%). The degree of necrosis on the carapace was significantly positively correlated with the degree of necrosis on the plastron in T. scripta (rs = 0.50), but not in P. concinna (rs = 0.06). Female T. scripta with lesions were significantly larger than females without lesions. Lesions were not detected on six other species of turtles. Some areas contained multinucleate osteoclasts that were destroying bone. No tumors were detected in soft tissue samples.
1990年5月8日和9日，在美国佐治亚州克里斯普县布莱克谢尔湖进行密集诱捕行动期间，对当地的乌龟进行了壳病评估。该病在康氏伪龟（74%）和滑龟（35%）中最为普遍。滑龟背甲的坏死程度与腹甲的坏死程度呈显著正相关（rs = 0.50），而康氏伪龟则不然（rs = 0.06）。有病变的雌性滑龟明显比无病变的雌性滑龟体型更大。在其他六种乌龟身上未检测到病变。一些区域含有正在破坏骨骼的多核破骨细胞。在软组织样本中未检测到肿瘤。
