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Anthropogenic impact and environmental threats can cause diseases to marine turtles and in severe cases death, contributing to population decline worldwide. The Gulf of Ulloa (GU) represents an important foraging habitat for loggerhead sea turtles and olive ridley turtles; it is also considered a highly productive area for fisheries and is known for the mortality of marine turtles, which has been associated to bycatch. However, there is little information in the area regarding the health status of marine turtles; thus, the aims of this study were to (1) assess the health of marine turtles via physical examination, (2) generate their vital signs, (3) determine their hematological values, and (4) describe blood cell characteristics and its relationship with functional damage which can affect the organism’s systems. Clinical examinations were performed; complete blood count, clinical biochemistry, and clinicopathological …