Table 4 Tissue samples of loggerhead turtles studied by histopathology for spirorchiid infections according to the geographical area
Area | Liver | Pancreas | Stomach | Intestine | Heart | Lungs | Kidneys | Urinary bladder | Spleen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adriatic | No. tested | 13 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
ASS | 0.31 (0–1) | 0.33 (0–1) | 0.33 (0–1) | 1.33 (0–3) | 0.08 (0–1) | 0.43 (0–2) | 0.38 (0–1) | 0.50 (0–1) | 0.97 (0–2) | |
SD | 0.48 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.84 | 0.29 | 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.71 | 0.59 | |
Tyrrhenian | No. tested | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
ASS | 0.27 (0–2) | 0.64 (0–3) | 0.27 (0–2) | 0.45 (0–3) | 0.18 (0–2) | 0.36 (0–2) | 0.18 (0–2) | 0.10 (0–1) | 2.08 (1–3) | |
SD | 0.65 | 1.21 | 0.65 | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.90 | |
Total | No. tested | 24 | 14 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 44 |
ASS | 0.29 (0–2) | 0.57 (0–3) | 0.30 (0–2) | 1.00 (0–3) | 0.13 (0–2) | 0.40 (0–2) | 0.29 (0–2) | 0.17 (0–1) | 1.27 (0–3) | |
SD | 0.55 | 1.09 | 0.57 | 0.96 | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.39 | 0.85 | |