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Obstetrical problems in two tortoises
Author(s) -
HOLT P. E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1979.tb06735.x
Subject(s) - tortoise , medicine , proteus , caesarean delivery , zoology , pseudomonas , biology , caesarean section , pregnancy , escherichia coli , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The management of two tortoises ( Testudo hermanni and Testudo graeca ) with retained ova is described and discussed. Caesarean delivery of the ova was successful in one case but the other tortoise died post‐operatively. Pseudomonas and Proteus spp. were cultured from an ovum in the latter case and the same Pseudomonas was recovered post‐mortem from a heart blood sample.