3 Must-reads on sea turtles

Elya.Q / stock.adobe.com

Happy World Sea Turtle Day! In honor of the occasion, dive into these 3 articles on the latest veterinary medicine findings surrounding these mystical marine animals.

From an initiative striving to help save sea turtles to a therapy used in human medicine that can treat toxic red tide exposure—there's something for everyone. Happy reading!

1. Patterson Veterinary celebrates World Sea Turtle Day 2022: Patterson Veterinary has collaborated with Sea Turtle Conservancy in recognition of World Sea Turtle Day to support its mission of ensuring the survival of sea turtles.
2. National Aquarium celebrates 350 animals rehabilitated and released: Since its inception in 1991, the National Aquarium reached this milestone with the recent release of 11 sea turtles off the North Carolina coast.
3. Drug for human overdoses treats sea turtles with brevetoxicosis: Research has revealed that therapy used to treat human drug overdoses—intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE)—is effective in treating sea turtles suffering from toxic red tide exposure.