El objetivo del estudio fue determinar los valores hematológicos de la tortuga taricaya (Podocnemis unifilis) en dos estaciones del año en un zoológico de la ciudad de Iquitos, en el año 2017. El zoológico Quistococha, ubicado en el departamento de Loreto, alberga una población de 80 individuos de esta especie, para el estudio se contó con 30 individuos juveniles y adultos, 18 machos y 12 hembras. En las dos épocas, de creciente (febrero) y de vaciante (julio) se tomaron muestras sanguíneas por punción de la vena coccígea dorsal y se realizaron dos frotices sanguíneos por ejemplar. En un laboratorio privado de la ciudad de Lima se determinaron los valores hematológicos utilizando la técnica semi automática; observándose los valores promedios para los siguientes parámetros hematológicos en la época de creciente: Numero de eritrocitos (0,40 ± 0,11 x 106 /Ul), hematocrit...

            The aim of this study was to determine blood values of the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in two seasons in a zoo in Iquitos, Peru. The zoo has a population of 80 turtles of this species. Thirty turtles were used in the study (18 males, 12 females). Blood samples were taken in winter (February) and summer (July) and were analysed were analysed using Neubauer's camera and the dilutor Natt & Herrick. The season of the year influenced the blood values, increasing the number of erythrocytes and azurophils in summer, and of lymphocytes and thrombocytes in winter.

            The aim of this study was to determine blood values of the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in two seasons in a zoo in Iquitos, Peru. The zoo has a population of 80 turtles of this species. Thirty turtles were used in the study (18 males, 12 females). Blood samples were taken in winter (February) and summer (July) and were analysed were analysed using Neubauer's camera and the dilutor Natt & Herrick. The season of the year influenced the blood values, increasing the number of erythrocytes and azurophils in summer, and of lymphocytes and thrombocytes in winter.