Kent Passingham

Works (9)

Updated: April 24th, 2025 11:49

2025 article

HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES (SULA NEBOUXII EXCISA) DETERMINED BY HEMATOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, BLOOD GASES, AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS

Cave, A. E., Dillard, J. R., Ulloa, C., Muñoz-Pérez, J. P., Skehel, A., Deresienski, D., … Valle, C. A. (2025, March 10). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 56, pp. 79–88.

By: A. Cave n, J. Dillard n, C. Ulloa n, J. Muñoz-Pérez  n, A. Skehel n, D. Deresienski n, R. Passingham n, J. Castaneda n, G. Lewbart n , C. Valle  n

MeSH headings : Animals; Male; Female; Ecuador; Birds / blood; Blood Chemical Analysis / veterinary; Hematologic Tests / veterinary; Blood Gas Analysis / veterinary; Hematocrit / veterinary; Physical Examination / veterinary
topics (OpenAlex): Rabies epidemiology and control; Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies; Vector-borne infectious diseases
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Added: March 24, 2025

2024 article

Health status and morphometrics of Galápagos magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens magnificens) determined by hematology, biochemistry, blood gas, and physical examination

Guzmán, K. E., Deresienski, D., Muñoz-Pérez, J. P., Passingham, R. K., Skehel, A., Ulloa, C., … Valle, C. A. (2024, December 6). PeerJ, Vol. 12.

By: K. Guzmán, D. Deresienski n, J. Muñoz-Pérez *, R. Passingham n, A. Skehel*, C. Ulloa*, C. Regalado*, G. Lewbart n , C. Valle *

author keywords: Biochemistry; Fregata magnificens; Magnificent frigatebird; Gal & aacute;pagos Islands; Hematology; Health status; Physical examination; Blood gas
MeSH headings : Animals; Ecuador; Male; Female; Birds / blood; Birds / anatomy & histology; Blood Chemical Analysis; Hematologic Tests; Hematocrit
topics (OpenAlex): Bird parasitology and diseases; Avian ecology and behavior; Viral Infections and Vectors
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Added: December 23, 2024

2024 article

Investigating the etiology of ocular changes in Monodactylus argenteus housed in a shoaling ring exhibit

Himebaugh, N. E., Passingham, R. K., Cabot, M. L., Gaudette, C., Knight, L. T. N., Lewbart, G. A., … Oh, A. (2024, August 16). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Vol. 262, pp. S113–S122.

By: N. Himebaugh n, R. Passingham n, M. Cabot n, C. Gaudette n, L. Knight n, G. Lewbart n , A. Armwood n , A. Oh n 

author keywords: Monodactylus argenteus; fish; ocular; cataract; amino acid
MeSH headings : Animals; Fish Diseases / pathology; Eye Diseases / veterinary; Eye Diseases / pathology; Eye Diseases / etiology; Female; Male; Aqueous Humor
topics (OpenAlex): Connexins and lens biology; Turtle Biology and Conservation; Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
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Added: October 1, 2024

2023 article

Health status of the red-billed tropicbird ( Phaethon aethereus ) determined by hematology, biochemistry, blood gases, and physical examination

Skehel, A., Ulloa, C., Deresienski, D., Regalado, C., Muñoz-Pérez, J. P., Garcia, J. A., … Valle, C. A. (2023, August 7). PeerJ, Vol. 11.

By: A. Skehel*, C. Ulloa*, D. Deresienski n, C. Regalado*, J. Muñoz-Pérez *, J. Garcia*, B. Hardesty *, R. Passingham n ...

author keywords: Phaethon aethereus; Biochemistry; Galapagos; Hematology; Red-billed tropicbirds
MeSH headings : Animals; Lactic Acid; Body Temperature; Birds; Health Status; Hematology; Gases
topics (OpenAlex): Bird parasitology and diseases; Viral Infections and Vectors; Avian ecology and behavior
TL;DR: The baseline data, and reference intervals reported in this paper are essential to detecting changes in the health of red-billed tropicbirds in the future. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 28, 2023

2023 article

Retrospective analysis of histologic lesions in captive arachnids

Gaudette, C., LaDouceur, E. E. B., Troan, B. V., Whitehurst, N., Dombrowski, D. S., Lewbart, G. A., … Schreeg, M. E. (2023, April 10). Veterinary Pathology, Vol. 4.

By: C. Gaudette n, E. LaDouceur, B. Troan n, N. Whitehurst n, D. Dombrowski*, G. Lewbart n , K. Linder n, K. Passingham n, L. Christian*, M. Schreeg n

author keywords: Araneae; arthropod; Heterometrus; histopathology; inflammation; invertebrate; scorpion; Scorpiones; tarantula
topics (OpenAlex): Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms; Vector-Borne Animal Diseases; Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
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Added: May 1, 2023

2022 article

EVALUATION OF PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS FOR INJURED TURTLES PRESENTING TO A WILDLIFE CLINIC

Gregory, T. M., Hubbard, C., Schlake, E., Mejia, D., Passingham, K. R., Lewbart, G. A., & Harrison, T. M. (2022, March 11). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 3, pp. 209–213.

By: T. Gregory n, C. Hubbard n , E. Schlake n, D. Mejia n, K. Passingham n, G. Lewbart n , T. Harrison* 

MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Ecosystem; Humans; Male; Prognosis; Reptiles; Turtles / physiology
topics (OpenAlex): Turtle Biology and Conservation; Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia; Rabies epidemiology and control
TL;DR: Hyperlactatemia, an increased lactate over 24 h when the initial lactate concentration was greater than 5 mM/L, and anemia were determined to be significant prognostic indicators of mortality for all turtles, and hypoglycemia was a significant prognosis indicator for male turtles (P < 0.05). (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: April 8, 2022

2020 article

Baseline haematology, biochemistry, blood gas values and health status of the Galapagos swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

Valle, C. A., Ulloa, C., Regalado, C., Muñoz-Pérez, J.-P., Garcia, J., Hardesty, B. D., … Lewbart, G. A. (2020, January 1). Conservation Physiology, Vol. 8.

By: C. Valle *, C. Ulloa*, C. Regalado*, J. Muñoz-Pérez *, J. Garcia *, B. Hardesty, A. Skehel*, D. Deresienski n, R. Passingham n, G. Lewbart n 

author keywords: Biochemistry; Creagrus furcatus; Galapagos Islands; swallow-tailed gull; health status; haematology
topics (OpenAlex): Bird parasitology and diseases; Turtle Biology and Conservation; Mosquito-borne diseases and control
TL;DR: The baseline data reported is valuable for comparisons amongst different populations in the archipelago and to detect changes in health status of Galápagos swallow-tailed gulls. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: September 14, 2020

2020 article

Copper and zinc generated by the Aquascape IonGen pond clarifier system can be detrimental to koi ( Cyprinus carpio ) health

Tucker, E., Gerlach, J., Curtean, A., Passingham, K., Murphy, L., & Lewbart, G. (2020, January 1). Veterinary Record Open, Vol. 7.

By: E. Tucker n, J. Gerlach n, A. Curtean n, K. Passingham n, L. Murphy * & G. Lewbart n 

author keywords: aquatic organisms; copper toxicity; toxicology; fish
topics (OpenAlex): Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology; Water Quality and Pollution Assessment; Fish Ecology and Management Studies
TL;DR: The results of this study indicate that ion generators might not be safe for fish, and copper should only be used as an algicide if concentrations are closely monitored. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 4, 2021

2016 article

Descriptive Epidemiology for Turtles Admitted to the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Turtle Rescue Team

Stranahan, L., Alpi, K. M., Passingham, R. K., Kosmerick, T. J., & Lewbart, G. A. (2016, June 1). Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, Vol. 7, pp. 520–525.

By: L. Stranahan n, K. Alpi n, R. Passingham n, T. Kosmerick n & G. Lewbart n 

author keywords: epidemiology; medical records; North Carolina; turtles; southeastern United States
topics (OpenAlex): Turtle Biology and Conservation; Bird parasitology and diseases; Vector-borne infectious diseases
TL;DR: This report summarizes 2,613 turtle cases examined between 1996 and 2012 by the Turtle Rescue Team, including 12 native species of turtle from 63 North Carolina counties, including 10 of known sex were evenly distributed. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

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