First Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Stranding in Texas, USA, and Identification of a Chelonid AlphaHerpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) Variant Present in Tumor Tissue

Frandsen, Hilary R.; Wilson, Heather M.; Walker, J. Shelby; Purvin, Cameron M.; Dutton, Peter H.; Lacasella, Erin L.; Stacy, Brian A.; Whitmore, Liam; Farrell, Jessica A.; Duffy, David J.; Shaver, Donna J.

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First Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Stranding in Texas, USA, and Identification of a Chelonid AlphaHerpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) Variant Present in Tumor Tissue

2021
By Frandsen, Hilary R. ; Wilson, Heather M. ; Walker, J. Shelby ; ...

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Herpetological Review
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Frandsen, Hilary R. ; Wilson, Heather M. ; Walker, J. Shelby ; Purvin, Cameron M. ; Dutton, Peter H. ; Lacasella, Erin L. ; Stacy, Brian A. ; Whitmore, Liam ; Farrell, Jessica A. ; Duffy, David J. ; Shaver, Donna J.
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
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The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), listed in the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable (Abreu-Grobois and Plotkin 2008), is considered to be the most globally abundant sea turtle species (Spotila 2004; Abreu-Grobois and Plotkin 2008; Valverde et al. 2012) but also the least abundant sea turtle species in the western Atlantic region (Marcovaldi 2001).
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Herpetological Review 52(3):492-499
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