Modeling Commercial Freshwater Turtle Production on US Farms for Pet and Meat Markets.

Freshwater turtles are being exploited for meat, eggs, traditional medicine, and pet trade. As a response, turtle farming became a booming aquaculture industry in the past two decades, specifically in the southeastern states of the United States of America (US) and across Southeast Asia. However, US...

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Main Authors: Ivana Mali, Hsiao-Hsuan Wang, William E Grant, Mark Feldman, Michael R J Forstner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4583382?pdf=render