Seroepidemiology of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in the Desert Tortoise in the Western Mojave Desert of California
Brown MB, Berry KH, Schumacher IM, Nagy KA, Christopher MM, Klein PA. 1999. Seroepidemiology of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in the Desert Tortoise in the Western Mojave Desert of California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35(4):716-727
Several factors have combined with an upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) to produce declines on some population numbers of desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). This study was designed to determine the seroepidemiology of URTD in a population of wild tortoise at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area study site in Kern County, CA. Based on the results of the study, researchers concluded the URTD was present in this population and that there are trends suggesting that the clinical expression of disease may be cyclical.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Brown, Mary; Berry, Kristin; Schumacher, Isabella; Nagy, Kenneth; Christopher, Mary; Klein, Paul
- Units
- DEVA , JOTR , MOJA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, Distribution (Biodiversity), Epidemiology, Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus agassizii (Desert Tortoise), Mycoplasma agassizii, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Reptilia (Reptiles), Serology, Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References, Testudines, Testudinidae (Tortoises), Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD), Upper Respiratory Tract Disease URTD