Temporal variance in hematologic and plasma biochemical reference intervals for free-ranging eastern box turtles (terrapene carolina carolina)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-802

  Kimble, Steven J A ^a   Williams, Rod N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Hematology; Overwintering; Packed cell volume

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA;

EID: 84863453262     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.799     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. ALLENDER, M. C., M. Abd-Eldaim, J. SCHUMACHER, D. MCRUER, L. S. CHRISTIAN, AND M. KENNEDY. 2011. PCR prevalence of Ranavirus in freeranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in rehabilitation centers in three southeastern US states. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47: 759-764.
2. CAMPBELL, T. W. 2006. Clinical pathology of reptiles. In Reptile medicine and surgery, D. R. Mader (ed.). Saunders, Saint Louis, Missouri, pp. 453-470.
3. CHRISTIAN, M. M., K. H. BERRY, I. R. WALLIS, K. A. NAGY, AND C. C. PETERSON. 1999. Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35: 212-238.
4. CURRYLOW, A. F. 2011. Effects of forest management on the ecology and behavior of eastern box turtles. M.S. Thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 83 pp.
5. DODD, C. K. 2001. North American box turtles: A natural history. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 231 pp.
6. FELDMAN, S. H., J. WIMSATT, R. E. MARCHANG, A. J. JOHNSON, W. BROWN, J. C. MITCHELL, AND J. M. SLEEMAN. 2006. A novel mycoplasma detected in association with upper respiratory disease syndrome in free-ranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Virginia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42: 279-289.
7. FUDGE, A. M. 2000. Laboratory reference ranges for selected avian, mammalian, AND reptilian species: Turtle, box. In Laboratory medicine: Avian and exotic pets, A. M. Fudge (ed.). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 375-399.
8. GARNER, M. M., B. L. HOMER, E. R. JACOBSON, R. E. RASKIN, B. J. HALL, W. A. WEIS, AND K. H. BERRY. 1996. Staining and morphological features of bone marrow hemopoietic cells in desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi). American Journal of Veterinary Research 57: 1608-1615.
9. HUTTON, K. E., AND C. J. GOODNIGHT. 1957. Variations in the blood chemistry of turtles under active and hibernating conditions. Physiological Zoology 30: 198-207.
10. JOHNSON, A. J., F. C. ORIGGI, AND J. F. X. WELLEHAN, JR. 2007. Molecular diagnostics. In Infectious diseases and pathology of reptiles, E. R. Jacobson (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 351-380.
11. JOHNSON, A. J., A. P. PESSIER, J. F. X. WELLEHAN, A. CHILDRESS, T. M. NORTON, N. L. STEDMAN, D. C. BLOOM, W. BELZER, V.R. TITUS, R. WAGNER, J. W. BROOKS, J. SPRATT, AND E. R. JACOBSON. 2008. Ranavirus infection of free-ranging and captive box turtles and tortoises in the United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44: 851-863.
12. MURRAY, M. J. 2000. Reptilian blood sampling and artifact considerations. In Laboratory medicine: Avian and exotic pets, A. M. Fudge (ed.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 185-192.
13. SCHRADER, G. M., M. C. ALLENDER, AND A. ODOI. 2010. Diagnosis, treatment, AND outcome of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) presented to a wildlife clinic in Tennessee, USA, 1995-2007. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 1079-1085.
14. STRIK, N. I., A. R. ALLEMAN, AND K. E. HARR. 2007. Circulating inflammatory cells. In Infectious diseases and pathology of reptiles, E. R. Jacobson (ed.). Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 167-218.
15. ULTSCH, G. R. 1989. Ecology and physiology of hibernation and overwintering among freshwater fishes, turtles, AND snakes. Biological Reviews 64: 435-515.
16. WILKINSON, R. 2004. Clinical pathology. In Medicine and surgery of tortoises and turtles, S. McArthur, R. Wilkinson, and J. Meyer (eds.). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 141-186.