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Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Becomes First Sea Turtle Hospital

In South Florida To Install An On-Site CT Machine

Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) has become the
first sea turtle hospital in South Florida to install an on-
site, cutting-edge computer tomography (CT) machine.
Generously donated by The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation,
the new machine will significantly increase LMC’s ability
to treat more sick and injured sea turtles in an efficient and
less intrusive manner.
CT imaging is quickly becoming the standard of care for ill or
injured sea turtles, offering a level of detail that cannot be seen
using other methods. CT scans often produce 3-D renderings
that can reveal lesions or tumors missed by radiographs or
ultrasounds. This information can be vital to creating an effective
treatment plan for sick and injured sea turtles.
LMC’s Animal Care Center has a surgical suite, an
upgraded X-ray room, a lab for blood work, an endoscope,

and an ultrasound. Each year, hundreds of sea turtles are “We are so grateful to the Bailey Foundation for
examined and treated at the center. With the addition of their generous support,” said Dr. Heather Barron, chief
the new CT machine, Dr. Heather Barron, LMC’s chief science officer at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. “The
science officer, will be able to successfully treat and CT machine allows us to make faster and more accurate
release more sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis (FP). diagnoses, leading to more effective treatment and better
This highly contagious virus causes the growth of benign, outcomes for our patients.”
but obstructive tumors within and outside the sea turtle’s For more information on Loggerhead Marinelife
body, leading to death if not removed. LMC is now one Center and their rehabilitation efforts, visit marinelife.
of only nine hospitals in the state of Florida capable of org/rehabilitation.
treating FP patients. Photos courtesy of Michael Albanese

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