Development of a Summarized Health Index (SHI) for Use in Predicting Survival in Sea Turtles

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0120796
• Main Authors: Li, Tsung-Hsien, Chang, Chao-Chin, Cheng, I-Jiunn, Lin, Suen-Chuain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.03.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Aquatic reptiles; Aspartate; Aspartate Aminotransferases - blood; Biochemistry; Blood; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Cheloniidae; Convalescence; Creatine - blood; Creatine Kinase - blood; Creatinine; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; Disease; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered Species; Eretmochelys imbricata; Health care; Hematology; Lepidochelys kempii; Lepidochelys olivacea; Marine biology; Models, Biological; Pathology, Veterinary; Physiology; Potassium; Public health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Rehabilitation; Reptilian Proteins - blood; Sea turtles; Survival; Turtles - blood; Turtles - physiology; Uric acid; Uric Acid - blood; Veterinarians; Veterinary medicine; Wildlife conservation; New York; California; United States > US; Taiwan

Veterinary care plays an influential role in sea turtle rehabilitation, especially in endangered species. Physiological characteristics, hematological and plasma biochemistry profiles, are useful references for clinical management in animals, especially when animals are during the convalescence peri...