Whole blood fatty acid concentrations in the San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)

Khushboo Dass; Gregory A Lewbart; Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez; Maryuri I Yépez; Andrea Loyola; Emile Chen; Diego Páez-Rosas

doi:10.7717/peerj.11582

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Whole blood fatty acid concentrations in the San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)

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Whole blood fatty acid concentrations in the San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)

Khushboo Dass, Gregory A Lewbart, Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Maryuri I Yépez, Andrea Loyola, Emile Chen and Diego Páez-Rosas

PeerJ, Vol.9, pp.1-10

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11582

PMCID: PMC8254470

PMID: 34249492

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Abstract

Veterinary Medicine

Zoology

Blood

Chelonoidis chathamensis

Conservation Biology

Fatty acid

Galápagos tortoise

Marine Biology

To continue releasing San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoises housed in managed-care facilities at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Center of Galápagos National Park (Galapaguera de Cerro Colorado) to the Otoy Ecological Farm, health assessments and physical examinations were conducted. As a part of these wellness examinations, blood was drawn from 11 tortoises to analyze fatty acid concentrations. Fatty acid levels can provide insight into the nutritional profiles, immune status, and reproductive health of vertebrates. To the co-author’s knowledge, there is no current information about fatty acids in this species. It was hypothesized that there would be inherent differences based on the different geographic ranges, diets, sex, and age of turtles. It was noted that the ω-6/ω-3 ratio was higher for the breeding center than for the ecological farm and that overall polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) did not have any significant differences. The ω-6/ω-3 findings can contribute to a global picture of these fatty acids across taxa, as reptiles are underrepresented in this area of research. Additional results are a resourceful starting point for future investigations into how fatty acids are affected in Galápagos tortoises.

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Title: Whole blood fatty acid concentrations in the San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)
Authors: Khushboo Dass (Author) - North Carolina State University
Gregory A Lewbart (Author) - North Carolina State University
Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Maryuri I Yépez (Author) - Direcion Parque Nacional Galápagos, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador
Andrea Loyola (Author) - Direcion Parque Nacional Galápagos, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador
Emile Chen (Author)
Diego Páez-Rosas (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Publication details: PeerJ, Vol.9, pp.1-10
Publisher: PeerJ, Ltd.
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11582
ISSN: 2167-8359
PMID: 34249492; PMC8254470
Copyright note: Copyright © 2021 Dass et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99549708302621
Output Type: Journal article

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