Extensive shell necrosis of the abdominal and back carapace - also called USD (Ulcerative Shell Disease) - with ventral irruption into the abdomen in ared-bellied short-necked turtle (abdominal side is sealed with an "artificial carapace")
Pathogen: Pseudomonas sp., Citrobacter sp. and Klebsiella sp. or also Aeromonas sp. or Beneckia chitinovora and mycotic germs. Further causes: false and poor keeping conditions, germ ingestion via the food, missing UV-light with corresponding spectrum, lesions of the shell, malnutrition red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa). This highly demanding turtle belongs to the genus of the short-necked turtles (Emydura) within the family of the snake-necked turtles (Chelidae).
Spread: tropical and subtropical rainforests in Australia and New - Guineas. The predominantly live in slowly moving waters, big and small rivers, large lakes and extensive swamp areas. A demanding patient in German terrarium keeping.
