Salmonella colonization in commercial pet turtles (Pseudemys scripta elegans)

Red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Olfactory and visual learning in the red-eared terrapin, Pseudemys scripta elegans (Wied.).

The possible olfactory functions of the mammalian forebrain, particularly of the ' rhinencephalon' have been studied by a number of workers (Allen, 1940; Swann, 1934; Lashley & Sperry, 1943; Brodal, 1947; Cragg, i960). The view that the mammalian rhinencephalon might play an important part in olfaction was originally based upon the evidence of comparative anatomy and it was therefore of interes...

Partitioning of body fluids and cardiovascular responses to circulatory hypovolaemia in the turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans.

Investigations were conducted (1) to measure the steady state compartmentation of body fluids and (2) to assess the efficacy of blood volume and pressure maintenance during haemorrhage-induced hypovolaemia in the pond turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans. The pre-haemorrhage blood volume, as determined by tracer dilution of 51Cr-labelled erythrocytes, averaged 6.89 +/- 0.33% of the body mass, and ...

Short Communication Compartmentation of Liver Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in the Aquatic Turtle Pseudemys Scripta Elegans: a Reassessment

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) catalyses the conversion of oxaloacetate to pyruvate in the first step of gluconeogenesis. Since oxaloacetate is impermeable to the inner mitochondrial membrane, the localisation of PEPCK within the cell plays a major role in defining substrate preferences for gluconeogenesis. As a result, the immunochemically distinct isoenzymes of PEPCK found within t...

Spinal cord injury-induced changes in breathing are not due to supraspinal plasticity in turtles (Pseudemys scripta).

After occurrence of spinal cord injury, it is not known whether the respiratory rhythm generator undergoes plasticity to compensate for respiratory insufficiency. To test this hypothesis, respiratory variables were measured in adult semiaquatic turtles using a pneumotachograph attached to a breathing chamber on a water-filled tank. Turtles breathed room air (2 h) before being challenged with tw...