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Pathological and PCR detection of mycobacteriosis in pond-cultured Chinese soft shell turtles, Trionyx sinensis
2006-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacteriosis due to infection of Mycobacterium marinum is a common disease in pond-cultured Chinese soft shell turtles, especially in those surviving beyond their first year. The infected turtles independently showed either heterophilic or histiocytic granulomas in various organs such as the spleen, liver, lungs, intestine, kidneys, stomach and pancreas. The heterophilic granuloma contained many acid-fast unbra...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cc9b31d5-9934-5559-93d9-97abc2e1b196
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.07.005
