MYOBACTERIOSIS IN TURTLES: CUTANEOUS AND HEPATOSPLENIC INVOLVEMENT IN A Phrynops hilari

1 April 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Vol. 13 (2) , 180-183
https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-13.2.180

Abstract

Mycobacteriosis in a P. hilari (side-necked turtle) was characterized by multiple caseating granulomas in the liver and spleen; pulmonary involvement did not occur. Granulomatous inflammation and organisms were present in the skin, suggesting a cutaneous route of entry with hematogenous spread to visceral organs. Review of the 4 cases of chelonian mycobacteriosis in the literature indicated that pulmonary tubercules and plastral ulcerations are typical manifestations. M. chelonei is usually involved.

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