Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises

by Chava L. Weitzman, Franziska C. Sandmeier, C. Richard Tracy
Published 2018-01-01

A trade-off between natural and acquired antibody production in a reptile: implications for long-term resistance to disease

by Franziska C. Sandmeier, C. Richard Tracy, Sally Dupré, Kenneth Hunter
Published 2012-08-01

Co-infection does not predict disease signs in Gopherus tortoises

by Chava L. Weitzman, Ryan Gov, Franziska C. Sandmeier, Sarah J. Snyder, C. Richard Tracy
Published 2017-01-01

High quality draft genome sequences of Mycoplasma agassizii strains PS6T and 723 isolated from Gopherus tortoises with upper respiratory tract disease

by David Alvarez-Ponce, Chava L. Weitzman, Richard L. Tillett, Franziska C. Sandmeier, C. Richard Tracy
Published 2018-04-01

High quality draft genome sequence of Mycoplasma testudineum strain BH29T, isolated from the respiratory tract of a desert tortoise

by Chava L. Weitzman, Richard L. Tillett, Franziska C. Sandmeier, C. Richard Tracy, David Alvarez-Ponce
Published 2018-04-01

Mycoplasma agassizii, an opportunistic pathogen of tortoises, shows very little genetic variation across the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.

by Agusto Luzuriaga-Neira, Franziska C Sandmeier, Chava L Weitzman, C Richard Tracy, Shalyn N Bauschlicher, Richard L Tillett, David Alvarez-Ponce
Published 2021-01-01