Blood biochemistry and haematology of migrating loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwest Atlantic: reference intervals and intra-population comparisons

We established reference intervals for blood biochemistry and haematology of loggerhead turtles captured off the Mid-Atlantic coast of the USA. This assessment of blood variables in healthy, wild loggerhead turtles allows for comparisons with turtles impacted by anthropogenic and environmental threa...

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Published in:Conservation Physiology
Main Authors: Yang, Tiffany, Haas, Heather L, Patel, Samir, Smolowitz, Ronald, James, Michael C, Williard, Amanda S
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Research Article
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366141/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30746149
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy079
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Summary:We established reference intervals for blood biochemistry and haematology of loggerhead turtles captured off the Mid-Atlantic coast of the USA. This assessment of blood variables in healthy, wild loggerhead turtles allows for comparisons with turtles impacted by anthropogenic and environmental threats, as well as turtles sampled in different habitats and life stages.

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