scholarly journals Rehabilitation of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) after collision with motorboat in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
Augusto Carlos Da Bôaviagem Freire ◽  
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira ◽  
Juliana Maia De Lorena Pires ◽  
Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo ◽  
Amy Borges Moreira ◽  
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A juvenile green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) of undetermined sex was rescued on October 16, 2019, in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil. The animal was presence of active bleeding resulting from two transverse fractures in the carapace, with exposure of the coelomic cavity. Radiological and hematological tests were performed. The animal received therapeutic support and surgical reconstruction of the carapace. The animal was medically cleared and reintroduced into the natural environment 120 days after it was rescued. The protocol used here for both the rehabilitation and the surgical procedure was concluded to be effective.

1977 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Licht ◽  
Duncan S. MacKenzie ◽  
Harold Papkoff ◽  
Susan Farmer

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1158-1159
Author(s):  
Yuanan Lu ◽  
Vivek R. Nerurkar ◽  
Tina M. Weatherby ◽  
Richard Yanagihara

The near epidemic occurrence of fibropapilloma in green sea turtle (Chelonia my das) (Figure 1) significantly threatens the survival of this species which is protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Although collective evidence suggests a viral etiology, the causative virus of green sea turtle fibropapilloma has not been isolated. To facilitate the isolation and characterization of the causative virus(es), we established 13 cell lines from multiple organs/tissues (tumor, kidney, lung, heart, gall bladder, testis, and skin) of green sea turtles with fibropapilloma. Serial subcultivation of cell lines derived from lungs, testis, eye soft tissues and tumors resulted in the formation of tumor-like aggregates, which attained sizes of 1-2 mm in diameter within two weeks (Figure 2). Media from such cultures, when inoculated onto cells derived from healthy turtle embryos, produced similar tumor-like aggregates, suggesting the presence of a transmissible agent.


2009 ◽  
Vol 177 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlin H. Simon ◽  
Glenn F. Ulrich ◽  
Alan S. Parkes

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Gronwald ◽  
Quentin Genet ◽  
Margaux Touron

We used camera traps to identify invasive Rattus rattus as predators at a green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, nest in French Polynesia. The footage shows that the hatchlings are a familiar food source for rats and that the control of invasive rats has to be considered for the protection of endangered green sea turtles.


2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Alberto Muñoz ◽  
Sergio Estrada-Parra ◽  
Andrés Romero-Rojas ◽  
Erik Gonzalez-Ballesteros ◽  
Thierry M. Work ◽  
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