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Rev. med. vet. zoot ; 60(1): 61-70, ene.-abr. 2013. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: lil-677531

ABSTRACT

Las úlceras cutáneas en tortugas dulceacuícolas se han atribuido a la enfermedad ulcerativa cutánea septicémica (SCUD) descrita por Kaplan en 1957, asociada con bacterias como Citrobacter freundii, Serratia spp. y Beneckea chitinovora. Esta enfermedad tiene un curso agudo con úlceras cutáneas, anorexia, letargia, septicemia y muerte. Ha sido reportada en Norte América y Europa. Algunos estudios sugieren la existencia de otra enfermedad ulcerativa del caparazón, no septicémica, que está diseminada por el mundo, se asocia con varias bacterias, principalmente gramnegativas, y afecta principalmente a las tortugas dulceacuícolas. La enfermedad ha sido reportada ocasionalmente en tortugas marinas y terrestres y se caracteriza por un curso crónico con erosión y descamación del caparazón. Sin embargo, no existe consenso acerca de si SCUD y la enfermedad ulcerativa del caparazón no septicémica son la misma enfermedad o se trata de dos patologías diferentes. En esta revisión de literatura se intenta encontrar diferencias entre las patologías relacionadas con infecciones microbianas del tegumento en quelonios.


Cutaneous ulcerations in freshwater turtles have been related to the Septicaemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease (SCUD), it has been described by Kaplan in 1957, associated with bacteria like Citrobacter freundii, Serratia spp.and Beneckea chitinovora. This disease has an acute course with cutaneous ulcerations, anorexia, lethargy, septicaemia and death. It has been reported in North America and Europe. Reports suggest that the ulcerative shell disease is disseminated over the world and it is associated with bacteria, mainly g-negative, and it affects mainly the freshwater turtles. The disease has been reported occasionally in land and marine turtles, and it is characterized by a chronic course with erosion and flaking of the shell. However, there is not a consensus about if the SCUD and the ulcerative shell disease are the same disease or they are two different pathologies. In this review, we are trying to differentiate the pathologies related with microbial infections of the tegument in chelonians.

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