Haematology and plasma chemistry of breeding olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)

 

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Autores: Meneses Guevara, Ana, Santoro, Mario
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2007
Descripción:THE olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is the smallest species of living sea turtle. It is primarily carnivorous and highly migratory, with a pantropical distribution in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans (Plotkin 2003). The species is classified as globally endangered (IUCN 2002). Since the 1990s, there has been increasing interest in the health status of free-ranging sea turtles, but data are lacking for the olive ridley turtle. To the authors’ knowledge, only fragmentary data are available on the haematology (Thorson 1968, Frair 1977) and biochemistry (Dessauer 1970) of this species. These data are important in the clinical evaluation of the health of free-ranging animals, the results of which could be used to evaluate the health status of captive animals.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/23596
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23596
Palabra clave:TORTUGA
HEMATOLOGIA
HEMATOLOGY
LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA
TURTLE