Surveillance of Mycoplasma agassizii in Texas tortoises (Gopherus berlandieri) for translocation with emphasis on treatment and recovery by Christin A. Moeller, Saren Perales, Wraith Rodriguez, Alynn M. Martin, Cord B. Eversole, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Paul Crump, Clayton D. Hilton, Scott E. Henke

“…We noted an additional 10 tortoises began displaying clinical signs of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) after translocation, so we designed a trial to test tulathromycin (5 mg/kg body weight given intramuscularly once/week for 7 weeks) or oxytetracycline (8 mg/kg body weight given subcutaneously once/day for 14 days) as Mycoplasma treatments for symptomatic tortoises.ResultsWithin the donor and recipient sites, 56 (32.7%) and 8 (34.8%), respectively, had antibody titers suggestive of past exposure. …”
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