Plasma chemistry and hematology of eastern mediterranean sea green turtles undergoing rehabilitation.

Autor: Malonek TS; Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel., Scheinin A; Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel., Wosnick N; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil., Davidovitch N; Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, 3498838, Israel; Israeli Veterinary Services, Bet Dagan 5025001, Israel., Itay P; Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel; Department of Blue Biotechnologies and Sustainable Mariculture, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel., Piha S; Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Centre, Israel National Nature and Parks Authority, Gan Leumi Beit Yannay, Kfar Vitkin, Israel., Aroch I; Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 761001, Israel., Tchernov D; Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel; Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, 3498838, Israel., Levy Y; Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, 3498838, Israel; Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Centre, Israel National Nature and Parks Authority, Gan Leumi Beit Yannay, Kfar Vitkin, Israel., Hauser-Davis RA; Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-360, Brazil., Morick D; Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel; Department of Blue Biotechnologies and Sustainable Mariculture, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: dmorick@univ.haifa.ac.il.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Oct 11, pp. 176788. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176788
Abstrakt: The Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS) is oligotrophic, presenting low biological production and high temperature and salinity, while comprising a biodiversity hotspot, with a unique emblematic threatened species array, including sea turtles. The establishment of healthy captive green turtle (Chelonia mydas) baseline blood analyte reference intervals (RIs) will contribute to improving diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and conservation success rates for sea turtles, by offering information with therapeutic and prognostic implications. However, baseline plasma chemistry and hematological analytes of EMS C. mydas are still unavailable. Hence, this study aimed to establish RIs for several blood analytes in general and under different life and rehabilitation stages and compare results with congeneric and conspecifics of other regions: Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) and two Atlantic green turtle populations. The study engulfed 118 blood samples obtained from 72 turtles admitted to the Israel Sea Turtle Rescue Centre between 2008 and 2020. Blood analyses included plasma chemistry and packed cell volume (PCV), and their association with body size and health status, and enabled suggesting RIs for PCV, plasma glucose and potassium concentrations, and aspartate transaminase and alkaline phosphatase activities. The PCV were significantly associated with rehabilitation. Noted differences arising via population comparison are likely associated with interspecific dietary and metabolic traits. These novel physiological results form the basis for future studies, and provide caregivers a tool potentially increasing the success of recovery, rehabilitation and conservation efforts. Further research is warranted to fill knowledge gaps concerning physiology and potential ecological impacts on this species.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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