Blood biochemistry values of green turtles, chelonia mydas, with and without fibropapillomatosis

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 132-137

  Aguirre, A A ^a,c   Balazs, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Chelonia mydas; Clinically normal; Fibropapillomatosis; Green turtle; Hawaiian Islands

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA;

EID: 0034449360     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005800070004     Document Type: Article

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