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ArticleConservation physiology2017

Coupling gene-based and classic veterinary diagnostics improves interpretation of health and immune function in the Agassiz's desert tortoise (

K Kristina Drake, Lizabeth Bowen, Rebecca L Lewison, Todd C Esque, Kenneth E Nussear, Josephine Braun, Shannon C Waters, A Keith Miles

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Article in Conservation physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

K Kristina DrakeUS Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, 160 N. Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89074, USA.
Lizabeth BowenUS Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis Field Station, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95618, USA.
Rebecca L LewisonDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Todd C EsqueUS Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, 160 N. Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89074, USA.
Kenneth E NussearDepartment of Geography, University of Nevada-Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
Josephine BraunWildlife Disease Laboratories, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, PO Box 120551, San Diego, CA 92112, USA.
Shannon C WatersUS Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis Field Station, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95618, USA.
A Keith MilesUS Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, 160 N. Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89074, USA.
University of California, Davis · USWestern Ecological Research CenterSan Diego State University · USUniversity of Nevada, Reno · USZoological Society of San Diego · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The analysis of blood constituents is a widely used tool to aid in monitoring of animal health and disease. However, classic blood diagnostics (i.e. hematologic and plasma biochemical values) often do not provide sufficient information to determine the state of an animal's health. Field studies on wild tortoises and other reptiles have had limited success in drawing significant inferences between blood diagnostics and physiological and immunological condition. However, recent research using gene transcription profiling in the threatened Mojave desert tortoise (

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blood biochemistryclinical statusdesert tortoisegene transcriptionhealthhematologyMojave Desertmolecularmorphologynecropsyreptile

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PMID28835840
PMCPMC5550616
OpenAlexW2626381827

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