Exertional Myopathy in a Juvenile Green Sea Turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) Entangled in a Large Mesh Gillnet

<div>Pectoral muscle of a green turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) incidentally captured in a large mesh gillnet. There is multifocal necrosis of individual myofibers that is characterized by hypercontraction, loss of cross striations, and segmental disruption of the sarcoplasm (black arrowheads). Hematoxylin and eosin. Scale = 100 <i>μ</i>m.</div>

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Figure 2: Exertional Myopathy in a Juvenile Green Sea Turtle (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) Entangled in a Large Mesh Gillnet 

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Exertional Myopathy in a Juvenile Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Entangled in a Large Mesh Gillnet

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