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Background
The global crocodilian skin market is currently in oversupply. As a result, the tanneries can now be very selective about the quality of skins they purchase. The challenge to producers is to meet these quality standards. A part of this challenge is to understand the risk of pathogens to crocodile skin quality.
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Context 1
... crocodile skin was defined as having no grossly visible abrasions or defects with normal, intact keratin overlaying the scale ( Figure 2A). To reduce any variation that may be present in different belly skin regions (Grice and Segre 2011), all blemish-free crocodile skins swabs were standardised around the 15 th scale row down from the collar adjacent to the midline ( Isberg et al. 2006). ...
Context 2
... lesions were sampled as described for the blemish-free skin swabs but instead of containing the swab to a 1cm 2 area, the swab was used to debride the lesion. Linear lesions were collected exclusively from farmed crocodiles ( Figure 2B) and, where possible, blemish-free and linear samples were collected from the same crocodile to allow comparison. ...
Context 3
... these results suggest that Dermatophilus is associated with more than just discrete focal lesions and acts as an opportunist along any keratin breach. For example, upon further exploration of the bacterial community of the linear lesion in Figure 2B, the most prevalent bacteria were Dermatophilus sp. (32.7%; 7019 reads). ...
