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Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods
BACKGROUND: Evaluation of cardiac function is an integral part of clinical examination of chelonians. However, information about electrocardiography (ECG) in turtles and tortoises is limited and fragmentary. Its application is limited due to the lack of ECG reference values. This study aimed to comp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9732382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vro2.52 |
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author | Kuo, Chin‐Chia Chan, I‐Ping Lai, Cheng‐Hung |
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description | BACKGROUND: Evaluation of cardiac function is an integral part of clinical examination of chelonians. However, information about electrocardiography (ECG) in turtles and tortoises is limited and fragmentary. Its application is limited due to the lack of ECG reference values. This study aimed to compare specific ECG parameters using non‐invasive methods in the Asian box turtle Cuora flavomarginata (CF) and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica (MM). METHODS: We included 116 clinically healthy and conscious turtles. Two non‐invasive methods, using adhesive patches or crocodile clips, for ECG were applied where possible. The ambient temperature was within the preferred optimum temperature zone of both species. We used specific digital ECG monitoring equipment to record the ECG data and analysed the data using specific software. RESULTS: The MM group showed better ECG quality and lower heart rate than the CF group. Comparing both methods, the adhesive patches method yielded higher ECG quality in the CF group, while the crocodile clips method yielded higher ECG quality in the MM group. CONCLUSIONS: The study population was selected as presumed healthy turtles; the presence of systemic or cardiac disease could not be excluded completely due to limited investigation. Both ECG methods were clinically potentially useful for obtaining ECG parameters; the ECG quality was influenced by the method used. |
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spelling | pubmed-97323822022-12-12 Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods Kuo, Chin‐Chia Chan, I‐Ping Lai, Cheng‐Hung Vet Rec Open Original Research BACKGROUND: Evaluation of cardiac function is an integral part of clinical examination of chelonians. However, information about electrocardiography (ECG) in turtles and tortoises is limited and fragmentary. Its application is limited due to the lack of ECG reference values. This study aimed to compare specific ECG parameters using non‐invasive methods in the Asian box turtle Cuora flavomarginata (CF) and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica (MM). METHODS: We included 116 clinically healthy and conscious turtles. Two non‐invasive methods, using adhesive patches or crocodile clips, for ECG were applied where possible. The ambient temperature was within the preferred optimum temperature zone of both species. We used specific digital ECG monitoring equipment to record the ECG data and analysed the data using specific software. RESULTS: The MM group showed better ECG quality and lower heart rate than the CF group. Comparing both methods, the adhesive patches method yielded higher ECG quality in the CF group, while the crocodile clips method yielded higher ECG quality in the MM group. CONCLUSIONS: The study population was selected as presumed healthy turtles; the presence of systemic or cardiac disease could not be excluded completely due to limited investigation. Both ECG methods were clinically potentially useful for obtaining ECG parameters; the ECG quality was influenced by the method used. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9732382/ /pubmed/36514371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vro2.52 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Veterinary Record Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Veterinary Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Kuo, Chin‐Chia Chan, I‐Ping Lai, Cheng‐Hung Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
title | Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
title_full | Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
title_fullStr | Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
title_short | Comparative electrocardiographic study of the Asian freshwater box turtle Cuora flavomarginata and the Asian yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
title_sort | comparative electrocardiographic study of the asian freshwater box turtle cuora flavomarginata and the asian yellow pond turtle mauremys mutica using non‐invasive methods |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9732382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vro2.52 |
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