First report of a cutaneous and shell mycosis in an Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis, Cagle, 1953) by Fusarium solani
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An adult Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) was presented for consultation with multifocal, erosive and ulcerative lesions, multiple fissures on the plastron shell, dermatitis members head. Samples of shell scrapings were collected routine microbial culturing Fusarium solani isolated from samples. To author’s knowledge, this is first reported case F. associated cutaneous mycosis in turtle species.
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عنوان ژورنال: Veterinarska Stanica
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0350-7149', '1849-1170']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.54.5.3