Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea

Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea

We provide new data on the presence of helminth parasites in 64 individual loggerhead sea turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i> stranded along the coasts of Sicily and the northwest Adriatic Sea between June 2014 and August 2016. The necropsy examination revealed 31 individuals (48.4%) positive...

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Main Authors: Antonino Gentile, Tullia Amato, Andrea Gustinelli, Maria Letizia Fioravanti, Delia Gambino, Vincenzo Randazzo, Giulia Caracappa, Domenico Vicari, Marco Arculeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
trematoda
nematoda
loggerhead sea turtle
<i>Caretta caretta</i>
Mediterranean sea
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1408

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