Spirorchiidiasis in marine turtles: the current state of knowledge

PA Chapman, TH Cribb, M Flint, RJ Traub… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2019 - int-res.com
Blood flukes of the family Spirorchiidae are important disease agents in marine turtles. The
family is near cosmopolitan in distribution. Twenty-nine marine species across 10 genera …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome analysis of immune response in recombinant cell vaccine expressing OmpK vaccinated juvenile seabass (lates calcarifer) head kidney against …

S Silvaraj, ISM Yasin, MMA Karim, MZ Saad - Aquaculture Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Seabass (Lates calcarifer) are high value fish occupying a market niche, and is susceptible
to infection by pathogenic bacteria such as Vibriosis. In this study the effect of intraperitoneal …

Vermetid gastropods as key intermediate hosts for a lineage of marine turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae), with evidence of transmission at a turtle rookery

RD Corner, TH Cribb, SC Cutmore - International Journal for Parasitology, 2022 - Elsevier
Blood flukes of the family Spirorchiidae Stunkard, 1921 are significant pathogens of marine
turtles, both in the wild and in captivity. Despite causing considerable disease and mortality …

Gastrointestinal investigation of parasites and Enterobacteriaceae in loggerhead sea turtles from Italian coasts

A Pace, L Rinaldi, D Ianniello, L Borrelli… - BMC Veterinary …, 2019 - Springer
Background Caretta caretta is the most abundant sea turtle species in the Mediterranean,
and studies on this species have vastly expanded during recent years, including those …

Cardiovascular flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae) in Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758 from the Mediterranean Sea

E Marchiori, E Negrisolo, R Cassini, L Garofalo… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The northern Adriatic Sea represents one of the most important neritic
foraging grounds for the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta L. in the Mediterranean Sea …

[HTML][HTML] Parasitological investigation and potential effects of parasitism on hematological, genotoxic and immune parameters in free ranging sea turtles rescued along …

M Marangi, RA Papini, G Furii, L Gordigiani… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sea turtles can host a wide range of parasitic taxa, some of which may lead to severe
diseases, weakening and endangering their health. Assessing free-ranging sea turtles' …

New Parasite Records for the Sunfish Mola mola in the Mediterranean Sea and Their Potential Use as Biological Tags for Long-Distance Host Migration

M Santoro, M Palomba, S Mattiucci, D Osca… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Studies describing the parasite fauna of sunfish species from the Mediterranean Sea are to
date limited, despite information gained through parasitological examination may reveal …

First evidence of polychaete intermediate hosts for Neospirorchis spp. marine turtle blood flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae)

I de Buron, BL Colon, SV Siegel, J Oberstaller… - International Journal for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Life cycles of spirorchiids that infect the vascular system of turtles are poorly understood.
Few life cycles of these blood flukes have been elucidated and all intermediate hosts …

Neotropical turtle blood flukes: Two new genera and species from the Amazon river basin with a key to genera and comments on a marine-derived parasite lineage in …

SA Bullard, JR Roberts, MB Warren… - Journal of …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Two new genera and species of freshwater turtle blood flukes (TBFs) are described herein
based on specimens infecting the nephritic and mesenteric blood vessels of “matamatas”(a …

Epidemiology of Sulcascaris sulcata (Nematoda: Anisakidae) ulcerous gastritis in the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

M Santoro, E Marchiori, D Iaccarino, B Uberti… - Parasitology …, 2019 - Springer
Sulcascaris sulcata Rudolphi 1819 is a gastric nematode parasite of sea turtles. Here, we
report the occurrence and describe for the first time the pathological changes caused by S …