Aerobic Bacterial Infections in Captive Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Thailand

Thanaporn Chuen-Im; Mayuva Areekijseree; Sukumal Chongthammakun; Sheila V. Graham

doi:10.2744/CCB-0808.1

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Thanaporn Chuen-Im,¹ Mayuva Areekijseree,² Sukumal Chongthammakun,³ Sheila V. Graham⁴

¹Department of Microbiology, Silpakorn University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand suy85@hotmail.co.uk
²Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
³Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
⁴Division of Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland, UK

Abstract

Investigation of the total of 53 juvenile sea turtles (30 green turtles and 23 hawksbill turtles) found signs of several clinical diseases. Ultrastructure and histological observation of these tissues revealed that they were infected with one type of yeast and numerous bacteria. Using aerobic microbiological culture techniques, 10 types of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria were identified, which may be responsible for disease and subsequent death of juvenile sea turtles at the conservation center.

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Thanaporn Chuen-Im, Mayuva Areekijseree, Sukumal Chongthammakun, and Sheila V. Graham "Aerobic Bacterial Infections in Captive Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Thailand," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9(1), 135-142, (1 June 2010). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0808.1

Received: 1 October 2009; Accepted: 1 December 2009; Published: 1 June 2010

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