PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE IN MUSK TURTLES (STERNOTHERUS SP.) IN ALABAMA.

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q3 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI:10.1638/2024-0113

Stephanie McCain, Anne E Rivas, A Joseph Jenkins, Seamus O'Brien, Grover J Brown, Laura Adamovicz, Matthew C Allender

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Abstract

The flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) is a stream-dwelling species that inhabits a small range in the Upper Black Warrior River water basin system in AL and is classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The stripe-necked musk turtle (Sternotherus peltifer) has a broader range, surrounding and slightly overlapping that of the flattened musk turtle in the southeast United States, and is classified as least concern. Ongoing conservation efforts for flattened musk turtles have, thus far, been limited to population surveys; however, the conservation action plan for the species calls for health and infectious disease surveys. Flattened musk turtles (n = 35) and stripe-neck musk turtles (n = 4) in the Black Warrior River water basin system and the Coosa River water basin in AL were tested for frog virus 3 virus, Mycoplasmopsis spp., herpesviruses, and adenoviruses by using oral and cloacal swabs. All samples were negative for all pathogens, suggesting this is a naïve population, sampling occurred when individuals were not shedding nucleic acids, or the concentration of DNA was below the level of detection.

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阿拉巴马州麝龟病原菌监测。

扁麝龟（Sternotherus depressus）是一种生活在河流中的物种，栖息在美国黑勇士河上游流域系统的一小部分地区，被国际自然保护联盟列为极度濒危物种。条纹颈麝香龟（Sternotherus peltifer）的分布范围更广，在美国东南部的扁平麝香龟周围并略有重叠，被归类为最不受关注的。到目前为止，对扁平麝香龟的保护工作仅限于种群调查；然而，该物种的保护行动计划要求进行健康和传染病调查。采用口腔和阴道口拭子法，对阿拉斯加州黑勇士河水系和库萨河水系的扁平麝龟（35只）和条纹颈麝龟（4只）进行蛙病毒3型、支原体病、疱疹病毒和腺病毒检测。所有样本对所有病原体均呈阴性，表明这是一个naïve种群，采样发生在个体没有脱落核酸或DNA浓度低于检测水平的情况下。

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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 农林科学-兽医学

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1.70

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14.30%

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审稿时长

9-24 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (JZWM) is considered one of the major sources of information on the biology and veterinary aspects in the field. It stems from the founding premise of AAZV to share zoo animal medicine experiences. The Journal evolved from the long history of members producing case reports and the increased publication of free-ranging wildlife papers. The Journal accepts manuscripts of original research findings, case reports in the field of veterinary medicine dealing with captive and free-ranging wild animals, brief communications regarding clinical or research observations that may warrant publication. It also publishes and encourages submission of relevant editorials, reviews, special reports, clinical challenges, abstracts of selected articles and book reviews. The Journal is published quarterly, is peer reviewed, is indexed by the major abstracting services, and is international in scope and distribution. Areas of interest include clinical medicine, surgery, anatomy, radiology, physiology, reproduction, nutrition, parasitology, microbiology, immunology, pathology (including infectious diseases and clinical pathology), toxicology, pharmacology, and epidemiology.