Diseases
Reptiles are known to become infected by a wide range of pathogens, which includes viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. More specifically, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) population has been negatively impacted by upper respiratory tract disease (URTD), cutaneous dyskeratosis (CD), herpes virus, shell necrosis, urolithiasis (bladder stones) and parasites (Jacobson et al. 1991, Jacobson et al. 1994, Berry et al. 2002).
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