caa a22 4500 475762754 CHVBK 20180406123556.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s005800070004 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s005800070004 Blood Biochemistry Values of Green Turtles, Chelonia Mydas , With and Without Fibropapillomatosis [Elektronische Daten] [A. A. Aguirre, G. H. Balazs] Abstract:: Baseline blood biochemistry values were obtained for two foraging aggregations of clinically healthy wild, juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, and the Kona Coast, Island of Hawaii. Mean reference values were compared to values obtained from green turtles of similar size affected with fibropapillomas (FP) collected at Kaneohe Bay. Statistically significant differences were identified for total protein values, blood urea nitrogen, and enzyme values between healthy turtles and turtles with FP. In addition, turtles with severe FP were hypoproteinaemic, hypoalbuminaemic, hypoferraemic, azotaemic, and presented inverse calcium/phosphorus ratios, low cholesterol and triglyceride values, indicating the chronicity and severity of FP. It is concluded that blood reference values should be established for green turtles at the population level and by geographic area considering disease status, age, sex, and seasonal variations. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words: Blood chemistry -Chelonia mydas- Clinically normal - Fibropapillomatosis - Green turtle - Hawaiian Islands nationallicence Aguirre A. A. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, USA aut Balazs G. H. National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu, Laboratory, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, USA aut Comparative Haematology International Springer-Verlag 10/3(2000-12-01), 132-137 0938-7714 10:3<132 2000 10 580 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005800070004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005800070004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aguirre A. A. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Balazs G. H. National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu, Laboratory, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Comparative Haematology International Springer-Verlag 10/3(2000-12-01), 132-137 0938-7714 10:3<132 2000 10 580 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer