Non-human vertebrate blood is commonly collected and assayed for a variety of
applications, including veterinary diagnostics and physiological research. Small, often non …

There is a widely recognized need to understand and reduce the incidental effects of marine
fishing on non-target animals. Previous research on marine bycatch has largely focused on …

Plastic pollution is increasing rapidly throughout the world's oceans and is considered a
major threat to marine wildlife and ecosystems. Although known to cause lethal or sub-lethal …

Decompression sickness (DCS), as clinically diagnosed by reversal of symptoms with
recompression, has never been reported in aquatic breath-hold diving vertebrates despite …

There are numerous chelonian species that arise from a diverse array of habitats.
Chelonians are long lived and slow to reach sexual maturity, making them extremely …

The incidence of woody breast (WB) is increasing on a global scale representing a
significant welfare problem and economic burden to the poultry industry and for which there …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has
grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the …

The green turtle, Chelonia mydas, is an endangered marine chelonian with a circum-global
distribution. Reference blood parameter intervals have been published for some chelonian …

Health evaluations were conducted in the northwestern Atlantic for 19 leatherback turtles,
which included 12 turtles directly captured as part of a satellite telemetry study and 7 turtles …

Hypothermia or cold-stunning is a condition in which the body temperature of an animal
decreases below normal physiologic range and which has been linked to severe morbidity …