Comparative study of hematologic and plasma biochemical variables in Eastern Atlantic juvenile and adult nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-218

  Casal, Ana B ^a   Camacho, María ^a   López Jurado, Luis F ^a   Juste, Candelaria ^a   Orós, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Clinical chemistry; Hematology; Reference values; Reptile; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; TURTLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLES;

EID: 69449095767     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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