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Photograph of blood (~3 ml) being extracted from an adult Agassiz desert tortoise (G. agassizii) in Clark County, NV, USA. Blood was collected via jugular venipuncture using a 1.91-cm, 25-gage needle-IV infusion set and 3 ml syringe. Photographs taken by D. Johnson.
