A CONTRIBUTION AND PATHOLOGY OF E.COLI AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BACTERIAL INFECTION ON SOFT SHELL TURTLE RAFETUS EUPHRATICUS (GRAY, 1864) EAST HAMMAR MARSHES, IRAQ

• Main Authors: A. A. Majid, Essa T Mohammad, Ahmed J. Shamary, Khassn A Al- Najjar, Fawzi M. Al-Khwaja, Mohammed A. Aldoghachi
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Scientific Centre VIEV 2019-10-01
• Series: Российский паразитологический журнал
• Subjects: e.coli; pseudomonas aeruginosa; bacterial infection; soft shell turtle rafetus euphraticus gray; 1864; east hammar marshes; iraq; бактериальная инфекция; мягкотелые черепахи rafetus euphraticus gray; восточный хаммар
• Online Access: https://vniigis.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/404

Abstract E.coli and P. aeruginosa bacterial infection on Soft shell turtle Rafetus euphraticus . Isolation and identification diagnosis which that on these species affected, biochemical test and clinical signs. Samples of the Soft shell turtle Rafetus euphraticus Gray, 1864 were collected from East Hammar marshes during summer season of the year 2016 .The infection isolated with a percent of 40%. Clinical Finding obvious that the incidence of E.coli and P. aeruginosa infection. Some of Soft shell turtle show clinical abnormalities with E.coli and P. aeruginosa . The most common clinical signs were external haemorrhage, Histopathological changes revealed degeneration and necrosis in all organs associated with Chronic inflammatory cell infiltration and melanomacrophage cells were detected in all turtle tissues. This study showed that P.aeruginosa infection is common in the Soft shell turtle Rafetus euphraticus . So, this study was designed to make a survey of bacterial infestation of Soft shell turtle Rafetus euphraticus Gray, 1864 East Hammar marshes during the summer of 2016.