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Green, J., Olson, G., & Henry, P. F. P. , Hematology and serum chemistry results from a box turtle population. Paper presented at Third Box Turtle Conservation Workshop.
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| Resource type: Proceedings Article BibTeX citation key: Green2007 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Blut = blood, Emydidae, Habitat = habitat, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Terrapene, Terrapene carolina, Veterinärmedizin = veterinary medicine Creators: Green, Henry, Olson Collection: Third Box Turtle Conservation Workshop |
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Increasingly, box turtles (Terrapene c. carolina) throughout their range are having to contend with extensive loss of habitat to suburban sprawl and urban development, landscape fragmentation through the increase in roads, artificial medians, invasive plants, and changes in their microenvironment brought about by extended periods of drought and poor water quality. As numbers decline in several states, box turtles are being listed in Wildlife Conservation plans as species of concern. With well meaning proposals to relocate box turtles “out of harm’s way” we need to be able to assess the physiological, health, and disease status of the turtles being displaced as well as the conditions of the resident populations where the relocated turtles are being introduced. For this, we need to develop a profile of baseline ranges for what a healthy box turtle looks like. Researchers at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (co-located on the Patuxent Research Refuge) initiated an effort to generate a blood chemistry profile on turtles found on the refuge as a way to evaluate the health status of box turtles. For each analysis, a brief description of its function, the mean and range are presented. Values are discussed relative to those published for other turtle species.
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