Thromboelastography results from a wild loggerhead and a wild Kemp’s ridley sea turtle using protocol 9
| Species | Sample | Time (hours) | R (minutes) | K (minutes) | α angle (°) | MA (mm) | LY30 (%) |
| Loggerhead | FWB | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 79.2 | 56.7 | 0 |
| Loggerhead | FWB | 3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 80.1 | 55.9 | 0 |
| Loggerhead | FWB | 3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 71.9 | 55.4 | 0 |
| Loggerhead | Fresh plasma | 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 81.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Loggerhead | Fresh plasma | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 74.7 | 29.4 | 0 |
| Loggerhead | Frozen plasma | 24 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 81.5 | 26.2 | 0.7 |
| Kemp’s ridley | FWB | 1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 79 | 72.4 | 0 |
| Kemp’s ridley | FWB | 3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 77.2 | 72 | 0 |
| Kemp’s ridley | Fresh plasma | 3 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 83.4 | 51.7 | 0 |
| Kemp’s ridley | Frozen plasma | 24 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 42.7 | 51.3 | 0 |
Fresh whole blood (FWB), and fresh and frozen plasma were used from each individual to determine the superior protocol using sea turtle-specific frozen thromboplastin. Insufficient sample volume prevented a fresh plasma sample being performed at a 1-hour time interval in the Kemp’s ridley.
α angle, clot formation rate; FWB, fresh whole blood; K, clot formation time; LY30, percentage of clot lysed after 30 minutes; MA, maximum amplitude (clot strength); R, reaction time.