Establishing Baseline Health Assessment Criteria for Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas) (Old ID 22137)
The World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
The first part of this project is to optimise procedures involved in assessing turtle health. The second part is to collect data for reference ranges. The third part is to analyse influence of age, location, season, sex and exertion on the results of the assessment. The ultimate output of this project is a robust and obje3ctive method for assessing turtle health, with will facilitate diagnosis and treatment of sick animals and enable assessment of population health of green turtles.
Date
01 Dec 2014 - 30 Nov 2018
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas);Health Assessment Turtles;Blood Parameters;Clinical Assessment;Parasites
Funding Body
The World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia
Amount
28909.09
Project Team
N/A