Looking for papers on Myco-toxins in reptiles. The case is with a tortoises. Vic Morgan
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Myco-toxins in reptiles
emysbreeder
Sep 21, 2010 10:29 AM
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tortoiserecovery
Nov 08, 2010 06:25 PM
Vic,
Not a lot is out there. My search revealed the following;
Mycoflora and Aflatoxins in Soil, Eggshells, and Failed Eggs of Chelonia mydas at Ras Al-Jinz, Oman
Abdulkadir Elshafie1, Saif N. Al-Bahry1, Abdulaziz Y. AlKindi1, Taher Ba-Omar1, and Ibrahim Mahmoud1
1Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University PO Box 36, AlKhoud PC 123, Muscat Sultanate of Oman [ elshafie@squ.edu.om; snbahry@squ.edu.om; alkindy@squ.edu.om; taher@squ.edu.om; ibrahimy@squ.edu.om]
Systemic mycotic disease of captive crocodile hatchling (Crocodylus porosus) caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus
1988, Vol. 26, No. 4 , Pages 219-225 (doi:10.1080/02681218880000311)
M. Maslen, J. Whitehead, W.M. Forsyth, H. McCracken and A.D. Hocking
1Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Department of Microbiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
2Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
3Veterinary Department, The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
4CSIRO Food Research Laboratory, Division of Food Research, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
The sudden death occurred of a captive Estuarine crocodile hatchling (Crocodylus porosus). On autopsy, granuloma-like lesions were seen in the liver, left lung and spleen, and branching, septate fungal hyphae were observed in sections of liver and spleen. The fungus isolated from the liver showed characteristics of both Paecilomyces lilacinus and Paecilomyces marquandii but was closer to the former species. This is apparently the first report of the isolation of this fungus from a reptile in Australia.
Toxicity and pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (Deuteromycotina, Hyphomycetes) and fipronil to the fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus dumerili (Squamata: Lacertidae)
1. Ralf Peveling1,*,
2. Sy Amadou Demba2
Article first published online: 6 NOV 2009
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620220704
