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

Table 4

Median % differences and ranges between postprandial and preprandial plasma biochemical values from juvenile green (𝑛=10) and Kemp’s ridley (𝑛=10) sea turtles.

Analyte	Green sea turtles		Kemp’s ridley sea turtles
	Median	Range	Median	Range
Total protein	8.5	−3.8–21.6	3.7	−2.4–17.6
Albumin	7.0	0–22.2	6.1	−7.1–7.7
Globulin	11.2	−6.2–34.8	4.3	−7.7–23.8
Glucose	4.9	−23.8–25.8	−1.8	−13.1–16.9
Urea nitrogen	−1.0	−4.9–3.4	−0.9	−5.9–4.8
Creatinine	0	0–100	0	−33.3–50.0
Cholesterol	6.5	0–17.5	5.3	−2.6–10.0
Triglyceride	4.1	−25.3–43.3	8.2	−11.8–25.1
Uric Acid	9.5	−11.1–35.7	56.3	−83.3–142.9
Calcium	6.9	−15.1–28.4	−2.6	−11.5–4.5
Phosphorus	3.7	−9.5–18.0	2.3	−1.1–6.9
Sodium	0	−3.7–4.1	0.6	−1.3–5.1
Potassium	−8.2	−38.8–39.5	3.5	−7.7–14.6
Chloride	−4.6	−9.2–0	−2.0	−4.7–0.8
Magnesium	2.9	−8.6–10.8	−3.3	−25.6–13.3
ALP^a	8.7	0–21.1	4.5	−9.9–12.9
ALT^a	8.6	−2.8–25.3	5.0	−100–50
AST^a	9.6	1.4–17.1	5.5	−3.9–14.4
CK^a	46.5	−46.2–202.3	6.2	−2.4–15.8
Amylase	6.5	4.0–19.0	5.2	−3.7–11.0
Lipase	2.3	−25.0–33.3	13.9	−100–33.3

^aALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase.