Health survey of wild and captive bog turtles (Clemmys muhlenbergii) in North Carolina and Virginia

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-316

  Brenner, Deena ^a   Lewbart, Gregory ^a   Stebbins, Martha ^a   Herman, Dennis W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Project Bog Turtle   (United States)

Author keywords

Clemmys muhlenbergii; Hematology; Mycoplasma sp; Parasitology; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CLEMMYS MUHLENBERGII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SP.; TESTUDINES;

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLOACA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CALCIUM; CLOACA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOSPHORUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURTLES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0037630354     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0311:HSOWAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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