Metabolic and respiratory derangements associated with death in cold-stunned Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii): 32 cases (2005-2009)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Keller, Krista A ^a,c   Innis, Charles J ^b   Tlusty, Michael F ^b   Kennedy, Adam E ^b   Bean, Sarah B ^b   Cavin, Julie M ^b   Merigo, Constance ^b  

^a Ross University   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEMATOCRIT; PH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84856032254     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.3.317     Document Type: Article

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