Hematology and plasma biochemistries in the Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Lake County, Illinois.

ABSTRACT: Chelonians are one of the most imperiled vertebrate taxa on the planet due to changes in the environment, anthropogenic influences, and disease. Over the last two decades, conservation strategies including nest protection, head-starting and meso-predator control have been successfully adopted by the Lake County Forest Preserve District for a population of state-endangered Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Illinois. Only recently have efforts expanded to assess the effects of management action on turtle health. The objectives of this study were to 1) establish reference intervals for 16 hematologic and plasma biochemical analytes in free-ranging Blanding's turtles, 2) characterize demographic and temporal drivers of clinical pathology values including age class, sex, month, and y

SUBMITTER: Mumm LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6857950 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature