Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 54 No. 5, 2023.
Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.54.5.3
First report of a cutaneous and shell mycosis in an Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis, Cagle, 1953) by Fusarium solani
Andreia Garces
orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-3141
; Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal, Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL – CESPU, R. Central Gandra, Gandra, Portugal, CITAB – University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, Vila Real, Portugal
Helder Fernandes
; Clínica Veterinária Das Taipas Lda, Braga Portugal
Delsy Salinas
; INNO – Veterinary Laboratory, R. Cândido de Sousa Braga, Portugal
Ricardo Lopes
; Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL – CESPU, R. Central Gandra, Gandra, Portugal, INNO – Veterinary Laboratory, R. Cândido de Sousa Braga, Portugal
Augusto Silva
; INNO – Veterinary Laboratory, R. Cândido de Sousa, Braga, Portugal
Filipe Sampaio
; INNO – Veterinary Laboratory, R. Cândido de Sousa, Braga, Portugal
Daniela Duque
; INNO – Veterinary Laboratory, R. Cândido de Sousa, Braga, Portugal
Paula Brilhante-Simoes
; Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL -CESPU, R. Central Gandra, Gandra, Portugal
Abstract
An adult Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) was presented for consultation with multifocal, erosive and ulcerative lesions, multiple fissures on the plastron and shell, and dermatitis on the members and head. Samples of shell scrapings were collected for routine microbial culturing and Fusarium solani was isolated from the samples. To the author’s knowledge, this is the first reported case of F. solani associated with cutaneous and shell mycosis in this turtle species.
Keywords
Graptemys ouachitensis; reptiles; fungi; dermatitis; Fusarium solani
Hrčak ID:
290584
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Publication date:
23.3.2023.
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