Title:	Venous blood gases and electrolyte values of captive red foot tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Authors:	Freitas, Sofia Silva La Rocca de Garcia, Laís Velloso Santos, Jairo Antonio Melo dos Hirano, Líria Queiroz Luz
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3503-1670 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0229-954X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-7538
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	Federal University of Uberlândia, Wild Animals Medicine University at Brasilia S.E.V.VO, Brasília University of Brasilia, Graduate Program in Animals Sciences
Assunto::	Tartaruga Hemogasometria Oxigênio Temperatura corporal Temperatura ambiente
Issue Date:	15-Mar-2024
Publisher:	Plos one
Citation:	FREITAS, Sofia Silva La Rocca de; GARCIA, Laís Velloso; SANTOS, Jairo Antonio Melo dos; HIRANO, Líria Queiroz Luz. Venous blood gases and electrolyte values of captive red foot tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius). PLoS ONE, [S. l.], v. 19, n. 3, e0299451, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299451. Disponível em: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299451. Acesso em: 03 jul. 2025.
Abstract:	Blood gas analysis reflects the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs. This test provides important information, since the relationship between these gases has a direct impact on the acid-basic balance in the body. Given the significance of blood gas analysis in Brazilian reptiles, this study set out to establish temperature-corrected and uncorrected reference intervals for venous blood gas measurements in Chelonoidis carbonarius, and to compare values between females and males. In this study, 19 animals were used, 8 males and 11 females. Blood samples were collected from the dorsal coccygeal vein, and the analyses were performed immediately after blood sample collection. The following parameters were measured: pH, PO2, HCO3-, TCO2, BEecf, Na, K, ICa, and Glu, and were compared between females and males. Additionally, pH, pCO2, and pO2 values were compared with and without temperature correction. Oxygen saturation and Na levels were significantly higher (p<0.05) in males. Furthermore, it was possible to infer that the lower the body temperature relative to the environmental temperature, the larger the difference in pH following temperature correction.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária (FAV)
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Animal
Licença::	© 2024 Silva La Rocca de Freitas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299451
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