*'''Triglycerides''' - Most of the lipid in the blood of reptiles is in the form of triglycerides (but carotenoid pigments may be present in significant levels in many squamates). Levels vary significantly between species and change slowly with starvation and other environmental stressors. Triglyceride is not presently a useful diagnostic parameter in reptiles because there is little information relating level to disease states. | *'''Triglycerides''' - Most of the lipid in the blood of reptiles is in the form of triglycerides (but carotenoid pigments may be present in significant levels in many squamates). Levels vary significantly between species and change slowly with starvation and other environmental stressors. Triglyceride is not presently a useful diagnostic parameter in reptiles because there is little information relating level to disease states. |