Blood biochemical profiles and packed cell volumes were determined for 100 juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas, from a wild population in the southern Bahamas. There was a significant correlation of body size to 13 of the 26 blood parameters measured. Only plasma uric acid and cholesterol were significantly different between male and female turtles. The relationship between total plasma proteins and plasma refractive index was significant. The equation for converting refractive index (Y) to total plasma proteins (X) is Y = 1.34 0.00217(X).
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1 July 1992
BLOOD PROFILES FOR A WILD POPULATION OF GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS: SIZE-SPECIFIC AND SEX-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS
Alan B. Bolten,
Karen A. Bjorndal
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 28 • No. 3
July 1992
Vol. 28 • No. 3
July 1992
blood chemistry
Chelonia mydas
green turtle
packed cell volume
sea turtle
size and sex variation