Baseline blood values for healthy free-ranging green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Puerto Rico

Page-Karjian, Annie; Rivera, Samuel; Torres, Fernando; Díez, Carlos Estepa; Moore, Debra P.; Dam, Robert Van; Brown, Corrie C.

doi:10.1007/s00580-014-1947-1

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“…Hematological values for subadult and juvenile organisms are similar to the previous ones reported internationally for healthy green turtles [11] and probably are associated to age, reproductive stage, and food availability as [25] suggested. These values can be related to sea turtle's home range; therefore, there are no "optimal" values.…”

Section: Hematological Valuessupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Globulin values were within the normal range indicated by [3,11,18]; in BCS, therefore, possible cases of hyperglobulinemia and hypoglobulinemia were dismissed [65].…”

Section: Globulinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, veterinarian research is needed to improve or provide animal welfare efforts. Internationally the information about sea turtle health is principally based on hematological values [9,10,11]. Through these methods, various aspects of health status of an individual are obtained.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, descriptive hematological values and morphological characteristics of blood cells in sea turtles are regionalized and have been inconstant [13]. It is important to consider that blood elements can be affected by a number of factors such as age, sex, season, stress, diet, hormonal processes, oxygen pressure, body hydration [9], geographic area, and water temperature [11]. In order to document local health indices, health assessments, hematological values, and vital signs should be generated at baseline.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Health Assessments in Free-Ranging Sea Turtles: Perspective of Animal Welfare in Wildlife

Reséndiz¹,

Lara-Uc²

2018

Animal Welfare

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Sea turtle health is an important component of conservation since these taxa is susceptible to infectious diseases that can cause illness increasing its mortality. Threats to health, survival, and reproduction of sea turtles are increasingly documented; however, prevention and control has not yet been successfully achieved. Thus, the need to develop conservation strategies on an ecosystem scale is a growing concern. Information about health indicators of sea turtles is a useful tool to achieve the best possible conservation measures. The objective of this study was to establish a baseline of health assessments of free-ranging Eastern Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from developmental habitats in Baja California Sur. Here we contribute with a clinical exam for sea turtles and reference interval values of vital signs (Corporal temperature: subadults, 21.22 ± 3.43; juveniles, 22.2 ± 2.95. Heart rate: subadults, 37.41 ± 2.95; juveniles, 38.27 ± 4.09. Pulse rate: subadults, 15.07 ± 3.88; juveniles, 19.97 ± 0.82), that in conjunction with the complete blood count and plasma blood biochemistry, 100% of the turtles were classified as "healthy." Development of site-specific health indicators for wild, healthy sea turtle populations is an important factor in creating effective management protocols and thus enhances our ability to understand the effects of anthropogenic and environmental changes on sea turtle health.

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Section: Hematological Valuessupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Globulin values were within the normal range indicated by [3,11,18]; in BCS, therefore, possible cases of hyperglobulinemia and hypoglobulinemia were dismissed [65].…”

Section: Globulinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lara-Uc²

2018

Animal Welfare

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“…This has been amply addressed with numerous studies presenting basic haematology and blood chemistry: juvenile and adult loggerhead turtles (Delgado et al 2011, Ley-Quiñónez et al 2011, Flower et al 2015, Kelly et al 2015, juvenile and adult green turtles (Prieto-Torres et al 2013, Lewbart et al 2014, Flint et al 2015a, Li et al 2015, Page-Karjian et al 2015c, adult leatherback turtles (Harris et al 2011, Perrault et al 2012, Stewart et al 2012, Innis et al 2014, and hawksbill turtles (Montilla et al 2014. Data for other species are still lacking and obtaining regional values for different subpopulations would contribute to better understanding spatial variation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?

Rees¹,

Alfaro‐Shigueto²,

Barata³

et al. 2016

Endang. Species. Res.

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In 2010, an international group of 35 sea turtle researchers refined an initial list of more than 200 research questions into 20 metaquestions that were considered key for management and conservation of sea turtles. These were classified under 5 categories: reproductive biology, biogeography, population ecology, threats and conservation strategies. To obtain a picture of how research is being focused towards these key questions, we undertook a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature (2014 and 2015) attributing papers to the original 20 questions. In total, we reviewed 605 articles in full and from these 355 (59%) were judged to substantively address the 20 key questions, with others focusing on basic science and monitoring. Progress to answering the 20 questions was not uniform, and there were biases regarding focal turtle species, geographic scope and publication outlet. Whilst it offers some meaningful indications as to effort, quantifying peer-reviewed literature output is ob viously not the only, and possibly not the best, metric for understanding progress towards informing key conservation and management goals. Along with the literature review, an international group based on the original project consortium was assigned to critically summarise recent progress towards answering each of the 20 questions. We found that significant research is being expended towards global priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles. Although highly variable, there has been significant progress in all the key questions identified in 2010. Undertaking this critical review has highlighted that it may be timely to undertake one or more new prioritizing exercises. For this to have maximal benefit we make a range of recommendations for its execution. These include a far greater engagement with social sciences, widening the pool of contributors and focussing the questions, perhaps disaggregating ecology and conservation.

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Morphologic and physiologic characteristics of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings in southeastern Florida, USA

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Baseline blood values for healthy free-ranging green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Puerto Rico

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Health Assessments in Free-Ranging Sea Turtles: Perspective of Animal Welfare in Wildlife

Health Assessments in Free-Ranging Sea Turtles: Perspective of Animal Welfare in Wildlife

Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?

Morphologic and physiologic characteristics of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings in southeastern Florida, USA

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