The Effects of Feeding on Hematological and Plasma Biochemical Profiles in Green (Chelonia mydas) and Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Sea Turtles

Table 3

Medians and ranges for preprandial and postprandial plasma biochemical values from juvenile green sea turtles (𝑛=10). System International and conventional units (in parentheses) are provided.

Analyte		Preprandial		Postprandial
		Median	Range	Median	Range
Total protein	g/L (g/dL)	46 (4.6)	26–55 (2.6–5.5)	49 (4.9)^a	25–60 (2.5–6.0)
Albumin	g/L (g/dL)	19 (1.9)	10–25 (1.0–2.5)	21 (2.1)^a	10–26 (1.0–2.6)
Globulin	g/L (g/dL)	26 (2.6)	16–33 (1.6–3.3)	29 (2.9)	15–35 (1.5–3.5)
Glucose	mmol/L (mg/dL)	8.2 (146)	5.4–10.3 (97–184)	8.3 (149)	6.8–9.6 (122–171)
Urea nitrogen	mmol/L (mg/dL)	30.0 (84)	19.3–51.4 (54–144)	29.6 (83)	19.3–49.6 (54–139)
Creatinine	μmol/L (mg/dL)	18 (0.2)	9–18 (0.1–0.2)	18 (0.2)	18–26 (0.2–0.3)
Cholesterol	mmol/L (mg/dL)	5.4 (207)	2.4–8.1 (93–311)	5.5 (216)^a	2.4–9.2 (93–352)
Triglyceride	mmol/L (mg/dL)	1.7 (151)	0.9–4.4 (83–401)	1.7 (154)	0.8–4.8 (72–441)
Uric Acid	μmol/L (mg/dL)	59 (1.0)	48–125 (0.8–2.1)	89 (1.5)	54–137 (0.9–2.3)
Calcium	mmol/L (mg/dL)	1.7 (6.8)	1.4–2.0 (5.7–7.8)	1.8 (7.3)	1.4–2.2 (5.5–8.6)
Phosphate	mmol/L (mg/dL)	2.9 (9.0)	2.0–4.3 (6.1–13.2)	3.0 (9.3)	2.3–4.4 (7.2–13.7)
Sodium	mmol/L	154	148–162	154	148–159
Potassium	mmol/L	4.3	3.5–6.7	4.1	3.2–5.3
Chloride	mmol/L	121	116–131	116^a	109–122
Magnesium	mmol/L (mg/dL)	3.2 (6.3)	1.5–3.3 (3.7–8.1)	3.1 (6.2)	1.7–3.0 (4.1–7.4)
ALP^b	U/L	54	31–63	60^a	32–68
ALT^b	U/L	90	14–237	108^a	15–285
AST^b	U/L	1486	396–3175	1684^a	438–3491
CK^b	U/L	1072	145–1802	994	208–2540
Amylase	U/L	1086	163–1470	1154^a	194–1531
Lipase	U/L	20	2–48	20	2–53

^aIndicates postprandial values that differ significantly from preprandial values (𝑃≤.039).
^bALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase.