TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiologic determinants of aural abscessation in free-living eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) in Virginia
AU - Brown, Justin D.
AU - Sleeman, Jonathan M.
AU - Elvinger, François
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - Epidemiologic determinants of 46 cases of aural abscessation in free-living eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) admitted to the Wildlife Center of Virginia (Virginia, USA) from 1991 to 2000 were evaluated. County human population density, year and season of admission, weight, and sex did not affect the risk for box turtles to develop aural abscessation. Counties with cases of aural abscessation were not randomly distributed, but rather were clustered into two multi-county regions. Geographic location was the only risk factor associated with aural abscessation in box turtles found in this study. Possible etiologies could include chronic infectious disease, malnutrition, or chronic exposure to environmental contamination with organochlorine compounds.
AB - Epidemiologic determinants of 46 cases of aural abscessation in free-living eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) admitted to the Wildlife Center of Virginia (Virginia, USA) from 1991 to 2000 were evaluated. County human population density, year and season of admission, weight, and sex did not affect the risk for box turtles to develop aural abscessation. Counties with cases of aural abscessation were not randomly distributed, but rather were clustered into two multi-county regions. Geographic location was the only risk factor associated with aural abscessation in box turtles found in this study. Possible etiologies could include chronic infectious disease, malnutrition, or chronic exposure to environmental contamination with organochlorine compounds.
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U2 - 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.918
DO - 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.918
M3 - Article
C2 - 14733291
AN - SCOPUS:2942692093
SN - 0090-3558
VL - 39
SP - 918
EP - 921
JO - Journal of wildlife diseases
JF - Journal of wildlife diseases
IS - 4
ER -