Venous blood gas in free-living eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) and effects of physiologic, demographic and environmental factors | Zendy

Laura Adamovicz | Zendy; Katie Leister | Zendy; John Byrd | Zendy; Christopher A. Phillips | Zendy; Matthew C. Allender | Zendy

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Venous blood gas in free-living eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) and effects of physiologic, demographic and environmental factors

Author(s) -

Laura Adamovicz,

Katie Leister,

John Byrd,

Christopher A. Phillips,

Matthew C. Allender

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy041

Subject(s) - pco2 , venous blood , carbon dioxide , biology , bicarbonate , zoology , base excess , respiratory system , ecology , medicine , endocrinology , anatomy

Blood gas analysis serves as a useful adjunctive test for health assessment in wildlife, but is infrequently utilized in free-living reptiles. This study demonstrates that box turtle blood gas analytes depend on several physiologic and environmental parameters including season, temperature, packed cell volume and activity level.

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