Salmonella are considered a part of the normal reptile gut microbiota, but have also been
associated with disease in reptiles. Reptile-associated salmonellosis (RAS) can pose a …

Simple Summary Sea turtles are currently endangered due to several factors, including
infectious and parasitic pathogens. Opportunistic and pathogenic bacteria are largely …

Globally distributed marine taxa are well suited for investigations of biogeographic impacts
on genetic diversity, connectivity, and population demography. The sea turtle genus …

Simple Summary Gram negative organisms are frequently isolated from Caretta caretta and
may contribute to the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. In this study, commensal …

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is typically considered a host generalist; however,
certain isolates are associated with specific hosts and show genetic features of host …

The impact of a range of different threats has resulted in the listing of six out of seven sea
turtle species on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Disease risk analysis (DRA) …

Numerous intracellular bacterial pathogens interfere with macrophage function, including
macrophage polarization, to establish a niche and persist. However, the spatiotemporal …

The olive ridley sea turtle is predominantly an epipelagic species with no apparent migration
corridors. Research in feeding areas in other sea turtle species has identified aggregations …

This paper describes a fatal case of nontuberculosis mycobacteriosis in a four-year-old
brown caiman kept in captivity. Although the clinical signs were asymptomatic, severe gross …

This chapter reviews the most important bacterial diseases of reptiles. One of the major
challenges in reptile medicine is estimating the contribution of bacterial isolates to disease …