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A Mycoplasma species of Emydidae turtles in the northeastern USA.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Apr 2015
Ossiboff Robert J, Raphael Bonnie L, Ammazzalorso Alyssa D, Seimon Tracie A, Niederriter Holly, Zarate Brian, Newton Alisa L, McAloose Denise
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma infections can cause significant morbidity and mortality in captive and wild chelonians. As part of a health assessment of endangered bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) in the northeastern US, choanal and cloacal swabs from these and other sympatric species, including spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata), eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina), wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta), and common...
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