This is an interesting case Dr. Mertz recently saw in Odd Pet Vet. This painted turtle is suffering from shell rot, which is a fast acting bacterial infection of skin and bone. Shell rot is often ...

Veterinarians are getting a closer look at the mysterious shell disease that is threatening two decades worth of work to save the endangered western pond turtle. "On this turtle you can see some of ...

Woolwich Township, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Ozzy the sea turtle from the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ needed important CT scans due to a disease impacting his shell. Doctors needed to check the ...

Pet lizards, snakes, turtles, and tortoises are frequently diagnosed with infections of their skin and shells. If left untreated, these infections can cause permanent damage or spread into the ...

COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE — The two western pond turtles kept trying to swim in midair as wildlife biologist Stefanie Bergh detailed the differences between the healthy turtle and the one with shell ...

A newly discovered fungus is thought to be causing a shell disease that is harming freshwater turtles, including western pond turtles in the Columbia River Gorge. “It’s always exciting to identify a ...

After peaking in 2022 with hundreds of green sea turtle strandings, cases of soft-shell syndrome are in decline. It is believed the disease is connected to the turtles' food source, after seagrass ...

DENVER, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Illinois identified a new fungus that could be a significant emerging pathogen of freshwater ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A puzzling shell disease is affecting western pond turtles, a species listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, in the state of Washington in the U.S.

Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital has seen a surge of green sea turtles needing treatment for a mysterious disease that appears to "melt" their shells, causing lesions and open wounds on their shells ...