Edson de Figueiredo Gaudêncio Barbosa

Severe spirorchiidiasis associated with fibropapillomatosis in a juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Alagoas, Brazil

Spirorchiid blood flukes and fibropapillomatosis are important health concerns of sea turtles, particularly juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas). This report describes their concurrent occurrence in a free-ranging juvenile stranded alive on the coast of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. The turtle had a carapace length...