LESIONES ULCERATIVAS CUTÁNEAS EN TORTUGAS DULCEACUÍCOLAS

摘要: Cutaneous ulcerations in freshwater turtles have been related to the septicaemic Ulcerative d isease (sCUd), it has described by Kaplan 1957, associated with bacteria like Citrobacter freundii, Serratia spp. and Beneckea chitinovora. This disease an acute course cutaneous ulcerations, anorexia, lethargy, septicaemia death. reported n orth america e urope. rsuggest that ulcerative shell is disseminated over world bacteria, mainly g-negative, affects turtles. The occasionally land marine turtles, characterized a chronic erosion flaking of shell. However, there not consensus about if sCUd are same or they two different pathologies. i this review, we trying differentiate pathologies microbial infections tegument chelonians.