Natural biotoxins and anthropogenic toxicants pose a significant risk to sea turtle health.
Documented effects of contaminants include potential disease progression and adverse …

In 2015, the failure of the Fundão dam caused the release of 43 million m 3 of tailings into
the Doce River Basin, in southeast Brazil. It was considered the largest environmental …

Blood parameters provide an excellent tool to evaluate the health status of wildlife. However,
there are few studies about health parameters of sea turtles in Mexico. For olive ridley turtles …

Toxic elements (arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, thallium) are a group of
contaminants that are known to elicit developmental, reproductive, general health, and …

Abstract Fibropapillomatosis (FP)-tumour-associated chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChHV5;
Scutavirus chelonidalpha5)-is a disease that affect marine turtles around the world, and …

Anthropogenic activities, such as coastal development, landfills and oil spills, have resulted
in the loss and degradation of habitats that have exposed sea turtles to pathogens such as …

Sea turtle health is an important component of conservation since these taxa is susceptible
to infectious diseases that can cause illness leading to mortality. Threats to the health …

Our study aimed to establish reference values for nesting females and compare them with
those previously reported to understand olive ridley turtles' health status and contribute to …

Anthropogenic impact and environmental threats can cause diseases to marine turtles and
in severe cases death, contributing to population decline worldwide. The Gulf of Ulloa (GU) …

The present study determined the presence of heavy metals in green sea turtles with and
without fibropapillomatosis in Itapirubá and Cassino beaches, southern Brazil. The weight …