Florida Atlantic University: Most Rehabilitating Sea Turtles With Infectious Tumors Don't Survive
January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020
BOCA RATON, Florida, Jan. 23 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release:
Caused by a herpesvirus, fibropapillomatosis (FP) is the most significant infectious disease affecting sea turtle populations worldwide. It is widespread in warmer climates like Florida, where almost 70 percent of sea turtles in a population have FP in some places; it has been documented in the Caribbean, South Am . . .
Caused by a herpesvirus, fibropapillomatosis (FP) is the most significant infectious disease affecting sea turtle populations worldwide. It is widespread in warmer climates like Florida, where almost 70 percent of sea turtles in a population have FP in some places; it has been documented in the Caribbean, South Am . . .