HELICOBACTER SCREENING OF GRAND CAYMAN BLUE IGUANA () AND NORTH ANTILLEAN SLIDER () ON GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS.

The endemic Grand Cayman or blue iguana () is endangered. Beginning in 2015 significant morbidity and mortality occurred in captive and wild blue iguanas within Grand Cayman's Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park (QEIIBP). Investigation identified a novel sp.

HEMATOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL VALUES OF FREE-RANGING HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES () IN GLOVER'S REEF, BELIZE.

Blood samples were obtained from the dorsal cervical sinus of free-ranging hawksbill sea turtles () collected at Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, 42 km east of the coast of Belize, for hematology and plasma biochemistry analysis. Unknown sex, subadult turtles ( = 32) were sampled in 2013 ( = 22) and 2017 ( = 10). To provide a more robust data set, parameters that did not have statistically significant differences were pooled and treated as a single population.

HEMATOLOGY, PLASMA BIOCHEMISTRY, AND PLASMA PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR BLUE IGUANAS () FROM GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND.

The blue iguana () is an endangered rock iguana species native to Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands. Health assessments were conducted on captive and free-roaming iguanas in 2001 and 2003-2014 and were performed in the summer wet season (June-July) of 2003-2004 and 2010-2014 and in the winter dry season (November-December) of 2001 and 2005-2009. Morphometric data were recorded from iguanas when blood samples were collected: 903 samples were collected and data from 890 samples from 775 iguanas were included.

PARASITES OF THE BLUE IGUANA () FROM GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND.

Feces ( = 226; 2004-2015) from healthy captive and wild blue iguanas () from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, were examined for endoparasites. Parasites identified included sp. and sp.

PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, AND IDENTIFICATION OF SALMONELLA ENTERICA FROM WILD AND CAPTIVE GRAND CAYMAN IGUANAS ( CYCLURA LEWISI).

From 2005 to 2017, a total of 334 fresh fecal samples was obtained from 236 captive and free-ranging Grand Cayman iguanas ( Cyclura lewisi) in a captive breeding and release program. One-hundred-sixteen samples were obtained from individual captive iguanas living in enclosures with natural substrate, 161 samples from captive iguanas living in elevated wire-bottom enclosures, and 57 samples from free-ranging wild iguanas. These samples were cultured to isolate subspecies of Salmonella enterica.

Viral and bacterial serology of six free-ranging bearded seals Erignathus barbatus.

Serum or heparinized plasma samples were obtained from 3 male (2 adult and 1 weaned calf) and 3 adult female free-ranging bearded seals Erignathus barbatus in May of 1994, 1995, or 1996. Blood samples were obtained from animals taken in subsistence hunts near St. Lawrence Island, Alaska and screened for antibodies to a suite of bacteria and viruses potentially pathogenic for pinnipeds and/or humans.