Silas, E G and Fernando, A Bastian (1984) Turtle poisoning. CMFRI Bulletin, 35. pp. 62-75.
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Abstract
Turtle poisoning or chelonitoxication have been reported from the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and the species of turtles responsible for the same are also known. While the clinical characteristics of the disease have been reported from time to time, nothing much is known about the pharmacology or chemistry of the toxins. Todate there are no known antidotes to combat chelonitoxin. By far the largest numberofinstance of turtle poisoning are from the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Some observations on instances of turtle poisoning in lndia involving fatalities is reported here with a brief review
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Turtle; poisoning |
| Subjects: | Marine Turtle |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division |
| Depositing User: | Users 5 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2010 10:45 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/1075 |
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