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*'''Cholesterol''' - Cholesterol is a useful diagnostic parameter in mammalian biochemistry and is used in human medicine as an indicator for heart disease. Although vascular disease has been observed in reptiles, the relationship between cholesterol levels and disease has not been established in reptiles.
*'''Cholesterol''' - Cholesterol is a useful diagnostic parameter in mammalian biochemistry and is used in human medicine as an indicator for heart disease. Although vascular disease has been observed in reptiles, the relationship between cholesterol levels and disease has not been established in reptiles.
*'''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.
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[http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2007/20073085406.pdf ''' Advances in reptilian hematology and blood chemistry.''' Knotek, Z.; Trnkova, S.; Knotkova, Z.; Svoboda, M. ; Czech Small Animal Veterinary Association, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 World Congress Proceedings. 31st World Small Animal Association Congress, 12th European Congress FECAVA, & 14th Czech Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 11-14 October, 2006, 2006, pp 334-336, 14 ref. - '''Full Text Article''']
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