The Effects of Water Depth and Substrate Conditions on Changes in Body Weight and Health Status of Captive Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) during Hibernation

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The Effects of Water Depth and Substrate Conditions on Changes in Body Weight and Health Status of Captive Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) during Hibernation

**Liushuai Hua^1,3, Shiping Gong^1,*, Xiangjing Zhong², Jun Tao², Yu Chen² and Jieming Deng²**

Author Affiliations

¹Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou, China

²Management Bureau of Xiangtoushan National Nature Reserve of Guangdong, Huizhou, China

³Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

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Fig. 1.

Temperature records for overwintering of captive big-headed turtles in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

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