Reference intervals and relationships between health status, carapace length, body mass, and water temperature and concentrations of plasma total protein and protein electrophoretogram fractions in Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles and green turtles

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-567

  Osborne, Ann G ^a,d   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   Bresette, Michael J ^c   Singewald, Dave A ^c   Scarpino, Russell A ^c   Bolten, Alan B ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b Quantum Resources Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^c Quantum Resources Incorporated   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

PLASMA PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 77957908405     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.237.5.561     Document Type: Article

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