ArticleScientific reports2021
Analysis of risk factors associated with gas embolism and evaluation of predictors of mortality in 482 loggerhead sea turtles.
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- First Isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica From a Sea Turtle: A Case Report in Caretta caretta.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Comparative Diagnostic Efficacy of Ultrasonography and Radiography for Gas Embolism in Loggerhead (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Osteolytic Lesions in a Sub-Adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Description of normal pulmonary radiographic findings in 55 apparently healthy juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- New insights into risk variables associated with gas embolism in loggerhead sea turtles (Conservation physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Sea turtles that are entrapped in static and towed nets may develop gas embolism which can lead to severe organ injury and death. Trawling characteristics, physical and physiologic factors associated with gas-embolism and predictors of mortality were analysed from 482 bycaught loggerheads. We found 204 turtles affected by gas-embolism and significant positive correlations between the presence of gas-embolism and duration, depth, ascent rate of trawl, turtle size and temperature, and between mortality and ascent time, neurological deficits, significant acidosis and involvement of > 12 cardiovascular sites and the left atrium and sinus venosus-right atrium. About 90% turtles with GE alive upon arrival at Sea Turtle Clinic recovered from the disease without any supportive drug therapy. Results of this study may be useful in clinical evaluation, prognostication, and management for turtles affected by gas-embolism, but bycatch reduction must become a priority for major international organizations. According to the results of the present study the measures to be considered to reduce the catches or mortality of sea turtles for trawling are to be found in the modification of fishing nets or fishing operations and in greater awareness and education of fishermen.
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