Atypical ocular Chelonoid herpesvirus manifestations in a captive Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta).

Autor: Oriá AP; School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil., Silva DN; School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil., Raposo AC; School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil., Estrela-Lima A; School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil., Pires TT; Fundação Pró-TAMAR National Coordination, Salvador, Brazil., Gattamorta MA; Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Zamana RR; Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Matushima ER; Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Ofri R; The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary ophthalmology [Vet Ophthalmol] 2021 Jan; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 97-102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 14.
DOI: 10.1111/vop.12837
Abstrakt: A captive loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) of unknown sex, 3 years of age, presented with bilateral mucoid secretions, severe chemosis, conjunctival hyperemia, and globe retraction. The animal was evaluated ophthalmologically and systemically, and hematological, microbiological, and conjunctival cytological and biopsy samples were collected for complementary diagnosis. The histopathological examination showed amphophilic intranuclear inclusions associated with severe inflammatory infiltrate. The diagnosis of Chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChAHV 5) was confirmed with end point PCR. Following systemic treatment with L-lysine, acyclovir and vitamin A, the ocular signs resolved. No amphophilic intranuclear inclusions were seen in a follow-up biopsy 5 months later, and there has been no recurrence of clinical ophthalmic signs during a 4-year follow-up. It is suggested that ChAHV 5 be considered as a differential diagnosis in captive marine turtles that present for conjunctival disease other than fibropapillomatosis.
(© 2020 American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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