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| Goldberg,Daphne Wrobel; Wanderlinde,Juçara; Freire,Isabel Maria Alexandre; Silva,Luiz Cesar Pereira da; Almosny,Nadia Regina Pereira. |
| Sea turtles are threatened to the point of extinction. The major goal of rehabilitating sick individuals is to eventually reintroduce them back into their habitat. In this way, they contribute to species preservation, as well as maintaining equilibrium of the ecosystems. Biochemical analysis is a commonly used test to detect illness and evaluate the general health of the animals. However, the data in the literature on sea turtles are scarce and the majority of studies used small sample sizes, being the majority of animals in captivity. The aim of the present study is to establish baseline biochemical profile values for free-ranging, nesting, female loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). The baseline values can then be used for comparison in the overall... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Caretta caretta; Reproduction; Sea turtle; Serum biochemistry. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000100023 |
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