Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Lutz, Peter L.
Abstract
Green Turtle Fibropapillomatosis has been a disease of intense investigation, with little ascertained as to its cause. This investigation thus delved into the possible link between this disease and immune compromise. This was achieved by creating three groups of animals, one characterized as healthy another as diseased, and a third as recovered. Blood taken from each animal was then applied to the four aspects of our investigation: general chemistry, hematology, specialized chemistry, and in vitro cell proliferation to establish the best diagnostic cues. General chemistry, hematology, and specialized chemistry proved to be inconsequential in elucidating the effects of possible immune compromise. In vitro cell proliferation, though, proved conclusively that t and b like cells were severely depressed in diseased and "recovered" animals, giving conclusive evidence of immune dysfunction in association with fibropapillomatosis.
Extent
45 p.
Recommended Citation
Varela, Rene A., "immunology of green turtle fibropapillomatosis" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1157.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1157
Identifier
FADT15518
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.