Vibrio damsela Infection in a Stranded Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Bacteraemia in free-ranging Hawaiian green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis

“…Vibrio spp. have been documented to cause endocarditis in a free-ranging leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Obendorf et al 1987), skin disease in captive loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta (Wiles & Rand 1987) and green turtles (Glazebrook & Campbell 1990a,b), and rhinitis, pneumonia, stomatitis and septicaemia in captive green turtles (Glazebrook & Campbell 1990a,b). However, Vibrio spp.…”

Characterization of two pathogenic Photobacterium strains isolated from Exopalaemon carinicauda causing mortality of shrimp

“…At the same time, Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae was reported as a pathogen of marine animals, including mollusc (Hanlon et al, 1984), shark (Grimes et al, 1984), turtle (Obendorf et al, 1987), dolphins (Buck et al, 1991;Fujioka et al, 1988) and whale (Buck et al, 1991). It is considered as an emerging pathogen in marine aquaculture (Labella et al, 2011), since it can infect the cultivated fish including seabream (Vera et al, 1991), turbot (Fouz et al, 1992), eel (Ketterer and Eaves, 1992), rainbow trout (Pedersen et al, 2009), ovate pompano (Zhao et al, 2009), etc.…”

Comparative Health Assessment of Western Pacific Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys Coriacea) Foraging Off the Coast of California, 2005–2007

“…Compared to other species of sea turtles, few reports document disease in leatherback turtles, including bacterial infections (Ogden et al, 1981;Obendorf et al, 1987;Miller et al, 2009), metabolic disease (Davenport et al, 1993), and parasitic infestations (Threlfall, 1979). Heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants have been detected in low concentrations in the blood of Atlantic nesting female leatherbacks (Deem et al, 2006;Guirlet et al, 2008Guirlet et al, , 2010, but no comparative studies have been performed in the Pacific population or in foraging leatherbacks.…”