Blood chemistry reference values for two ecologically distinct populations of foraging green turtles, eastern Indian Ocean

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Whiting, Scott D ^a   Guinea, Michael L ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b   Fomiatti, Kevin ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Department of Business Industry and Resource Development ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Chelonia; Diet; Foraging; Green turtle; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOPARASITE; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; INDIAN OCEAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES HABITAT; TURTLE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34047116407     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-006-0646-y     Document Type: Article

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