Open AccessCOCCIDIOSIS IN THE GREEN TURTLE IN MARICULTURE (Chelonia mydas)
Author(s) -
Rebell Gerbert,
Rywlin Arkadi,
Ulrich Glen
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual meeting ‐ world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0164-0399
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1974.tb00190.x
Subject(s) - coccidiosis , hatchling , lethargy , biology , emaciation , precocial , mariculture , hatching , turtle (robot) , zoology , outbreak , veterinary medicine , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , aquaculture , ecology , pathology , medicine , virology
An epidemic of disease in recently hatched green turtles (Chelonia mydas) was found to be associated with a new coccidial intestinal parasite. The disease and associated mortality appeared in young turtles approximately 30 days after hatching, and ran a 60 day course through the stock hatchlings at the farm. Symptoms of the disease were emaciation and lethargy. Tube‐like casts of intestinal mucosa and impaction of the gut with caseous masses of oocysts occured late in the disease. Active patches of coccidial infection were found in the intestinal tract of surviving and apparently healthy turtles as late as 1 month after the end of the epidemic.