Challenges in Evaluating the Severity of Fibropapillomatosis: A Proposal for Objective Index and Score System for Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Brazil.

Challenges in Evaluating the Severity of Fibropapillomatosis: A Proposal for Objective Index and Score System for Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Brazil.

Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a neoplastic disease that affects marine turtles worldwide, especially green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). FP tumors can develop on the body surface of marine turtles and also internally in the oral cavity and viscera. Depending on their quantity, size and anatomical dist...

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Main Authors: Silmara Rossi, Angélica María Sánchez-Sarmiento, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Robson Guimarães Dos Santos, Fabiola Eloisa Setim Prioste, Marco Aurélio Gattamorta, José Henrique Hildebrand Grisi-Filho, Eliana Reiko Matushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5147950?pdf=render

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