Animal Health Department, New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Inwater Research Group, Inc., Jensen Beach, Florida, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2020 Aug 12;15(8):e0237596. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237596. eCollection 2020.
Blood was collected from wild captured green and Kemp's ridley turtles off the west coast of Florida, USA. Blood gases and biochemical values were analyzed using a point of care (POC) device in the field. Analytes include pH, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), partial pressure of oxygen (pO2), total carbon dioxide (TCO2), bicarbonate (HCO3), base excess (BE), oxygen saturation (sO2), lactate, sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), total carbon dioxide (TCO2), anion gap, ionized calcium, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Crea), hematocrit (Hct), and hemoglobin (Hb). These are novel data for wild healthy Kemp's ridley turtles, and results for green turtles were generally consistent with past studies of green turtles with exceptions primarily in blood gas values. Ninety percent of the green turtles had fibropapillomatosis (FP), but none of the blood analytes were correlated with disease severity. Only BUN was correlated with weight of green turtles, and there was no correlation between blood parameters and weight of Kemp's ridley turtles. This study provides data that are useful in understanding the physiologic status of sea turtles specific to this region, allowing for comparisons to other populations, life stages, and disease states.
从美国佛罗里达州西海岸捕获的野生绿海龟和肯普氏丽龟身上采集了血液。在现场使用即时检测 (POC) 设备分析了血液气体和生化值。分析物包括 pH 值、二氧化碳分压 (pCO2)、氧分压 (pO2)、总二氧化碳 (TCO2)、碳酸氢盐 (HCO3)、碱剩余 (BE)、氧饱和度 (sO2)、乳酸、钠 (Na)、钾 (K)、氯 (Cl)、总二氧化碳 (TCO2)、阴离子间隙、离子钙、葡萄糖、血尿素氮 (BUN)、肌酐 (Crea)、红细胞压积 (Hct) 和血红蛋白 (Hb)。这些是野生健康肯普氏丽龟的新数据，绿海龟的结果通常与过去对绿海龟的研究一致，但主要在血液气体值方面存在例外。90%的绿海龟患有纤维乳头状瘤病 (FP)，但没有一种血液分析物与疾病严重程度相关。只有 BUN 与绿海龟的体重相关，而肯普氏丽龟的血液参数与体重之间没有相关性。本研究提供了有助于了解该地区特定海龟生理状况的数据，可与其他种群、生命阶段和疾病状态进行比较。
