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Caretta caretta

Juvenile


ADMIT
October 28, 2009
RELEASED

Weight  41.0  kg  
*CCL:  71.0 cm  
*CCW:  70.5 cm  

THE STRANDING Found in Pamlico Sound near Ocracoke, with three boat propeller wounds to the carapace, two into the body cavity.
Initially taken to CMAST and examined by Dr. Craig Harms.  Dr. Harms administered antibiotics and flushed the wounds of debris.
THE TREATMENT The turtle was placed in shallow water, enough to float.  The wounds were covered  with antibiotic cream.







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