Exertional Myopathy in a Juvenile Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Entangled in a Large Mesh Gillnet

Table 2

Plasma chemistry and hematology results from a large mesh gillnet entangled green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). PCV/TS was performed at initial presentation. Plasma chemistry performed using the VetScan Avian Reptilian Profile Plus reagent rotor at 4 hours after presentation. Range values based on published free-ranging juvenile green sea turtles from North Carolina caught via pound nets [18] and from the Bahamas during diving [20]. Both studies utilized a benchtop chemistry analyzer at diagnostic laboratories for plasma chemistry analysis. Analytes marked with an were outside the instrument range. The VetScan Avian Reptile Profile Plus CK and potassium instrument ranges are 5–14,000 U/L and 1.5–8.5 mmol/L, respectively [21]. The CK range reported by Anderson et al. 2011 [18] was likely affected by the capture technique, which included pound net capture for undetermined time and transport on boat prior to blood sample collection.

Analyte	Value	Range
Packed cell volume (%)	40	30–39; 26.4–42.0
Total solids (g/dL)	4.0	2.5–4.4
Total protein (g/dL)	3.8	2.6–3.5; 2.6–6.9
Albumin (g/dL)	1.3	1.1–1.6; 0.6–2.1
Globulin (g/dL)	2.5	1.3–2.1; 1.9–5.2
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	865	134–497; 31–389
Bile acids (µmol/L)	47	(No reference available)
Creatine kinase (U/L)		841–42,586
Uric acid (mg/dL)	5.7	0.7–2.7; 0.5–3.5
Glucose (mg/dL)	163	97–244; 87–167
Calcium (mg/dL)	17.0	6.3–8.8; 1.6–12.2
Phosphorous (mg/dL)	18.0	4.4–9.0; 3.8–10.9
Sodium (mmol/L)	152	152–159; 157–183
Potassium (mmol/L)		3.6–6.4; 4.1–6.9

Anderson et al. 2011 [18], juvenile free-ranging green sea turtles; .
Bolten and Bjorndal 1992 [20], juvenile free-ranging green sea turtles; .