This document reviews the salient and current literature on the biology of the green turtle,
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) including taxonomy, distribution, physiology, morphology …

Despite being identified in 1938, many aspects of the pathogenesis and epidemiology of
fibropapillomatosis (FP) in marine turtles are yet to be fully uncovered. Current knowledge …

El presente trabajo analiza la investigación que se ha llevado a cabo en México con
relación al uso y efecto de los plaguicidas en el ambiente y salud humana. Se revisaron 394 …

Marine turtle fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a disease primarily affecting green turtles (Chelonia
mydas) that is characterized by multiple cutaneous masses. In addition, the condition has …

Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem
health, animal health, and human health. Work in the biomedical and veterinary sciences is …

Sea turtles are affected by a variety of health problems. Some of these problems are
naturally occurring processes, such as parasitism, and are observed in both wild and captive …

This study reports baseline adrenocortical, hematological, and plasma biochemical values
for clinically healthy juvenile green turtles from a discrete population at Kaneohe Bay, island …

Concentrations of trace elements (Hg, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe, and Se) in different organs and
tissues (liver, kidney, muscle tissue, spleen, heart, lung, and fat tissue) of loggerhead turtles …

Several laboratory and field studies indicate that organochlorine contaminants (OCs), such
as poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides, modulate immune responses in …

Many people are uncomfortable with the term stress in animal biology. The root of the
difficulty lies in the common usage of the word and its richness of meanings that bedevil an …