Second Blog Assignment
Title: Shell Lesions Associated with Emydomyces testavorans Infection in Freshwater Aquatic Turtles. The purpose of this study was to identify shell lesions associated with the fungi E. testavorans in freshwater turtles and to describe the morphology of these lesions (Woodburn, et al., 2021) . Materials: There were 50 specimens of freshwater and semi aquatic turtle species and species of turtle shells included in this study. The shells that were selected for this study had to have the layers associated with healthy tissue layers (i.e., keratin layer, epidermis, dermis, and the shell portion which is made up of bone). Partial shells were not included in this study. The free-living turtles for this study resided in Florida and Washington of the United States (Woodburn, et al., 2021) . Methods: This study included three types of methods in order to identify lesions associated with E. testavora...