Garner M M, Herrington R, Howerth E W, Homer B L, Nettles V F, Isaza R, Shotts E B, Jacobson E R
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 1997 Jan;33(1):78-86. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.1.78.
A disfiguring shell disease was detected in river cooters (Pseudemys concinna) and yellow-bellied turtles (Trachemys scripta) from Lake Blackshear, Georgia (USA). The turtles used were part of a mark-recapture study conducted from September 1991 to June 1993. Histologic changes on four turtles included acute segmental necrosis of the epidermis, followed by ulceration, necrosis of the underlying dermis and dermal bone, and exaggerated remodeling of bone. Additional findings included visceral inflammatory lesions and bacterial infection, sepsis and marked trematode ova granulomatosis. The cause of the shell lesions was not determined.
在美国佐治亚州布莱克谢尔湖的河龟（滑龟）和黄腹彩龟中检测到一种毁容性的壳病。所使用的龟是1991年9月至1993年6月进行的标记重捕研究的一部分。四只龟的组织学变化包括表皮急性节段性坏死，随后是溃疡、真皮和真皮骨坏死，以及骨骼过度重塑。其他发现包括内脏炎症性病变、细菌感染、败血症和明显的吸虫卵肉芽肿。壳病变的原因尚未确定。
