Diagnostic investigations and histological surveys on specimens of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) stranded along the coasts of Campania Region in the years 2008-2011. The present work reports the results of diagnostic investigations carried out on specimens of Caretta caretta which were found stranded, beached or incidentally caught along the coasts of Campania Region during the period 2008-2011. The data were collected thanks to a scientific research collaboration between the University Federico II of Naples, the “Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno”, the “Centro Studi Cetacei” and the “Centro Studi Ecosistemi Marini”. This collaboration was signed in the 2008 with an agreement protocol finalized to the rationalization of the resources and the competences about to actions on the stranded Cetaceans and Sea Turtles along the Campanian coasts. In the 2009 the Health Department of the Campania Region published an ordinance finalized to “the constitution of the Regional Coordination Council for the execution of the agreement protocol of the intervention in case of stranded Cetaceans and Sea Turtles” composed by the cited Institutions, the coastal “AA.SS.LL.”, the Coast Direction of Naples and the “A.R.P.A.C.”. From 2008 we collected necroscopic data, including parasitological, bacteriological, histological, histopathological, toxicological and skeletochronological findings, concerning 23 specimens. Of the examined specimens, four were infected by potentially zoonotic bacteria, one by a coccidiosis, seven showed seriuous traumatic damages and four showed inflammations and diffuse hemorrhages due to ingestion of foreign bodies. Our results obtained from PAHs analysis in Caretta caretta are the first for the Mediterranean area. Finally, we also describe for the first time the histological structure of the esophageal papillae in Caretta caretta.
Indagini diagnostiche ed osservazioni istologiche su esemplari di Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) spiaggiati lungo le coste della Campania negli anni 2008-2011 / Di Nocera, F.; Pollaro, F.; Galiero, G.; De Carlo, E.; Degli Uberti, B.; Guarino, FABIO MARIA; Marsili, L.; Di Cristo, F.; Sirignano, F.; Maio, Nicola. - (2013), pp. 262-265. (Intervento presentato al convegno Atti IX Congresso Nazionale della Societas Herpetologica Italica tenutosi a Bari - Conversano nel 26-30 settembre 2012).
Indagini diagnostiche ed osservazioni istologiche su esemplari di Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) spiaggiati lungo le coste della Campania negli anni 2008-2011
GUARINO, FABIO MARIA;MAIO, NICOLA
2013
Abstract
Diagnostic investigations and histological surveys on specimens of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) stranded along the coasts of Campania Region in the years 2008-2011. The present work reports the results of diagnostic investigations carried out on specimens of Caretta caretta which were found stranded, beached or incidentally caught along the coasts of Campania Region during the period 2008-2011. The data were collected thanks to a scientific research collaboration between the University Federico II of Naples, the “Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno”, the “Centro Studi Cetacei” and the “Centro Studi Ecosistemi Marini”. This collaboration was signed in the 2008 with an agreement protocol finalized to the rationalization of the resources and the competences about to actions on the stranded Cetaceans and Sea Turtles along the Campanian coasts. In the 2009 the Health Department of the Campania Region published an ordinance finalized to “the constitution of the Regional Coordination Council for the execution of the agreement protocol of the intervention in case of stranded Cetaceans and Sea Turtles” composed by the cited Institutions, the coastal “AA.SS.LL.”, the Coast Direction of Naples and the “A.R.P.A.C.”. From 2008 we collected necroscopic data, including parasitological, bacteriological, histological, histopathological, toxicological and skeletochronological findings, concerning 23 specimens. Of the examined specimens, four were infected by potentially zoonotic bacteria, one by a coccidiosis, seven showed seriuous traumatic damages and four showed inflammations and diffuse hemorrhages due to ingestion of foreign bodies. Our results obtained from PAHs analysis in Caretta caretta are the first for the Mediterranean area. Finally, we also describe for the first time the histological structure of the esophageal papillae in Caretta caretta.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
