Alternative Techniques for Obtaining Blood Samples from Leatherback Turtles

Bryan P. Wallace; Robert H. George

doi:10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[147:ATFOBS]2.0.CO;2

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Bryan P. Wallace,^1,2 Robert H. George^3,4

¹Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA
²Present Address: Duke University Center for Marine Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, 135 Duke University Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 USA [ ] bwallace@duke.edu
³Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451 USA
⁴Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577 USA [ ] rgeorge@vims.edu

Abstract

We describe a low-risk, alternative technique for sampling blood from leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) using interdigitary vessels in their flippers. Because this technique allows for repeated, large-volume blood samples without requiring restraint of turtles, the technique is preferred over using the dorsal cervical sinus in almost all cases of blood sampling from leatherbacks, and also applies to other sea turtle species.

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Bryan P. Wallace and Robert H. George "Alternative Techniques for Obtaining Blood Samples from Leatherback Turtles," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(1), 147-149, (1 May 2007). https://doi.org/10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[147:ATFOBS]2.0.CO;2

Received: 26 April 2006; Accepted: 1 October 2006; Published: 1 May 2007

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