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1 June 2004 Learedius learedi Infection in Black Turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii), Baja California Sur, Mexico
A. Cordero-Tapia A, S. C. Gardner, J. Arellano-Blanco, R. B. Inohuye-Rivera
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Abstract

Black turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) carcasses, recovered as a result of incidental capture in Magdalena Bay, Mexico, revealed invasion by spirorchiid trematode eggs in liver, kidney, intestines, muscle, heart, pancreas, and duodenum. Seventy-five adult Learedius learedi Price, 1934, were recovered from the heart of 1 turtle. Most of the organs showed a mild or absent inflammatory response in histological sections, with the exception of a pancreatic–duodenal section that revealed severe lymphocyte and phagocyte infiltration associated with an infestation of more than 200 eggs. A linear formation of 35 eggs from the pancreas toward the intestinal lumen is described as resembling migration. This is among the first reports of a parasitic infection of L. learedi Price 1934, in C. m. agassizii in Mexico.

A. Cordero-Tapia A, S. C. Gardner, J. Arellano-Blanco, and R. B. Inohuye-Rivera "Learedius learedi Infection in Black Turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii), Baja California Sur, Mexico," Journal of Parasitology 90(3), 645-647, (1 June 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-165R
Published: 1 June 2004
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