Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil
Several diseases have been reported as affecting endangered wild sea turtle population worldwide, including spirorchiidiasis. This parasitic infection results in serious circulatory disorders in sea turtles, as well as tissue damage due to the presence of spirorchiids eggs. However, few reports of o...
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| author | Hassan Jerdy Bruna Barreto Max Werneck Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis Paula Baldassin Patrick Gabriel Aline Luize de Moraes Souza Maria Aparecida da Silva Aline Felix Rachel Ribeiro Rodrigues Mariah Bianchi Carla Barbosa Gessica Gomes Vieira Lara Ribeiro Brenda Petronetto Aline Souza Renato Luiz Silveira Eulogio Carvalho |
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| description | Several diseases have been reported as affecting endangered wild sea turtle population worldwide, including spirorchiidiasis. This parasitic infection results in serious circulatory disorders in sea turtles, as well as tissue damage due to the presence of spirorchiids eggs. However, few reports of organs severely affected by tissue replacement caused by granulomatous inflammatory processes due to spirorchiidiasis in sea turtles are available. In this regard, this study describes massive lesions in 16 juvenile green turtles from southeastern Brazil presenting no other detectable diseases or injuries, associated to parasitic compression of air spaces, parasitic thyroid atrophy, parasitic encephalic compression and parasitic splenic lymphoid depletion. These rare injuries were categorized as extremely severe, affecting most spirorchiidiasis-infected organs. Spirorchiidiasis was, thus, noted herein as capable of causing a variety of lethal injuries to vital or extremely important organs in sea turtles. Spirorchiidiasis should, therefore, also be considered a potential cause of death in stranded green sea turtle monitoring efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e3887e7b9a4430ab93a662d07004c942023-03-31T05:53:46ZengElsevierInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife2213-22442023-04-01207378Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern BrazilHassan Jerdy0Bruna Barreto1Max Werneck2Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis3Paula Baldassin4Patrick Gabriel5Aline Luize de Moraes Souza6Maria Aparecida da Silva7Aline Felix8Rachel Ribeiro Rodrigues9Mariah Bianchi10Carla Barbosa11Gessica Gomes Vieira12Lara Ribeiro13Brenda Petronetto14Aline Souza15Renato Luiz Silveira16Eulogio Carvalho17Laboratório de Microscopia, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Rua Alberto Santos Dumont, Xinguara, PA, Brazil; Corresponding author.Laboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBW Institute, Professora Sueli Brasi Flores Street, Number 88 Praia Seca, Araruama, RJ Zip Code (CEP), 28970-000, BrazilLaboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Corresponding author.BW Institute, Professora Sueli Brasi Flores Street, Number 88 Praia Seca, Araruama, RJ Zip Code (CEP), 28970-000, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e da Saúde (CCENS), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Alegre, ES, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilInstituto Argonauta, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartamentos de Morfologia (MMO), Patologia e Clínica Veterinária (MCV), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, BrazilLaboratório de Morfologia e Patologia Animal (LMPA), Setor de Patologia Animal (SPA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 – Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSeveral diseases have been reported as affecting endangered wild sea turtle population worldwide, including spirorchiidiasis. This parasitic infection results in serious circulatory disorders in sea turtles, as well as tissue damage due to the presence of spirorchiids eggs. However, few reports of organs severely affected by tissue replacement caused by granulomatous inflammatory processes due to spirorchiidiasis in sea turtles are available. In this regard, this study describes massive lesions in 16 juvenile green turtles from southeastern Brazil presenting no other detectable diseases or injuries, associated to parasitic compression of air spaces, parasitic thyroid atrophy, parasitic encephalic compression and parasitic splenic lymphoid depletion. These rare injuries were categorized as extremely severe, affecting most spirorchiidiasis-infected organs. Spirorchiidiasis was, thus, noted herein as capable of causing a variety of lethal injuries to vital or extremely important organs in sea turtles. Spirorchiidiasis should, therefore, also be considered a potential cause of death in stranded green sea turtle monitoring efforts.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000044Fatal spirorchiidiasisThyroid atrophyBrain tissue lossSplenic lymphoid depletionChoroid layer destructionCompression of air spaces |
| spellingShingle | Hassan Jerdy Bruna Barreto Max Werneck Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis Paula Baldassin Patrick Gabriel Aline Luize de Moraes Souza Maria Aparecida da Silva Aline Felix Rachel Ribeiro Rodrigues Mariah Bianchi Carla Barbosa Gessica Gomes Vieira Lara Ribeiro Brenda Petronetto Aline Souza Renato Luiz Silveira Eulogio Carvalho Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife Fatal spirorchiidiasis Thyroid atrophy Brain tissue loss Splenic lymphoid depletion Choroid layer destruction Compression of air spaces |
| title | Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil |
| title_full | Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil |
| title_short | Serious lesions in Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil |
| title_sort | serious lesions in green turtles chelonia mydas afflicted by fatal spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern brazil |
| topic | Fatal spirorchiidiasis Thyroid atrophy Brain tissue loss Splenic lymphoid depletion Choroid layer destruction Compression of air spaces |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000044 |
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