Blood parameters of the Eastern Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging in the Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Autor: Ana Meneses, Didiher Chácon, Kinndle Blanco-Peña, Andrea Chaves, Priscilla Howell, Marcela Suárez-Esquivel
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Comparative Clinical Pathology. 30:793-800
ISSN: 1618-565X
1618-5641
Popis: The Eastern Pacific green turtle (EPGT) has been differentiating from the green turtle and is currently being considered a separate population. In this study, values for hematology and biochemistry of 85 green turtles captured from 2010 to 2014 were analyzed. These animals correspond to a resident foraging population at Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. All of them underwent a physical examination and were deemed apparently healthy. Hematological analyses were done using manual methods, while seric metabolites were determined with automated and semi-automated spectrophotometry. According to the curved carapace length (CCL) measurements, the subadult individuals were the most frequent (n = 74). The predominant cells were heterophils, followed by lymphocytes. Basophils were observed in 75% of the slides and in a proportion as high as 43%. Up to 80 samples were analyzed for the following seric parameters: total protein (2.6–6.2 g/dL), albumin (1–2.7 g/dL), globulin (1.2–4.1 g/dL), glucose (54–145 mg/dL), cholesterol (58–336 mg/dL), ureic nitrogen (0–12 g/dL), creatinine (0.1–0.7 mg/dl), phosphorus (3.4–17 mg/dl), calcium (4.9–10.2 mg/dl), magnesium (5.2–12.8 mg/dl), uric acid (0.1–2.8 mg/dL), triglycerides (14–743 mg/dl), alanine aminotransferase (0–13 U/L), aspartate aminotransferase (82–289 U/L) and seric alkaline phosphatase (41–1263 U/L). These data can aid health status and conservation programs for the EPGT in this and nearby, similar locations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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