Deem Sharon L, Dierenfeld Ellen S, Sounguet Guy Phillipe, Alleman A Rick, Cray Carolyn, Poppenga Robert H, Norton Terry M, Karesh William B
Field Veterinary Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, New York, New York 10460, USA.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2006 Dec;37(4):464-71. doi: 10.1638/05-102.1.
Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are the most endangered of the seven species of sea turtles. The health status of leatherbacks is largely unknown, although the number of nesting females recorded throughout the world has decreased precipitously in the last few decades. Central African beaches may provide one of the last strongholds for nesting leatherback females. In the region, oil extraction and incidental capture pose significant threats to the health of the population. Physical examinations, hematology, plasma biochemistry, plasma corticosterone concentration, plasma protein electrophoresis, plasma vitamin concentrations, and toxicological parameters were evaluated in nesting female leatherbacks in the Republic of Gabon. The general clinical condition of the 35 turtles examined in this study was rated as good. The blood value results for a subset of these turtles are presented and compared to published results from other sea turtles. To the authors' knowledge, these are the first published baseline hematology, plasma biochemistry, and plasma protein electrophoresis values from clinically healthy nesting leatherback turtles.
棱皮龟（蠵龟科）是七种海龟中最濒危的物种。尽管在过去几十年里，全球记录到的筑巢雌龟数量急剧下降，但棱皮龟的健康状况在很大程度上仍不为人知。中非海滩可能是筑巢雌棱皮龟最后的主要栖息地之一。在该地区，石油开采和意外捕获对棱皮龟种群的健康构成了重大威胁。对加蓬共和国筑巢的雌棱皮龟进行了体格检查、血液学检查、血浆生化检查、血浆皮质酮浓度测定、血浆蛋白电泳、血浆维生素浓度测定以及毒理学参数评估。本研究中检查的35只海龟的总体临床状况被评为良好。列出了这些海龟中一部分的血液值结果，并与其他海龟已发表的结果进行了比较。据作者所知，这些是首次发表的临床健康的筑巢棱皮龟的血液学、血浆生化和血浆蛋白电泳基线值。
