Technique for the collection of clear urine from the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

被引：5

作者：

Myburgh, Jan G. ^{[1
]}

Huchzermeyer, Fritz W. ^{[1
]}

Soley, John T. ^{[2
]}

Booyse, Dirk G. ^{[2
]}

Groenewald, Herman B. ^{[2
]}

Bekker, Lizette C. ^{[1
]}

Iguchi, Taisen ^{[3
]}

Guillette, Louis J., Jr. ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pretoria, Dept Paraclin Sci, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa

[2] Univ Pretoria, Dept Anat & Physiol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa

[3] Natl Inst Nat Sci, Dept Bioenvironm Sci, Tokyo, Japan

[4] Univ Florida, Dept Zool, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION | 2012年 / 83卷 / 01期

关键词：

ESTUARINE CROCODILE; POROSUS; EXCRETION; CLOACA; WATER; OSMOREGULATION; ALLIGATORS;

D O I：

10.4102/jsava.v83i1.8

中图分类号：

S85 [动物医学（兽医学）];

学科分类号：

0906 ;

摘要：

Urine samples can be a very useful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of animal health. In this article, a simple technique to collect urine from the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) was described, based on a similar unpublished technique developed for the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) using a canine urinary catheter. With this technique, it was possible to collect relatively clean urine samples from Nile crocodiles of different sizes using canine urinary catheters or small diameter stomach tubes. Based on the gross anatomical features of the cloaca of the Nile crocodile, it was confirmed that urine accumulates in a chamber consisting of the urodeum and coprodeum. Faecal material is stored temporarily in the very short rectum, which is separated from the urinary chamber by the rectocoprodeal sphincter.

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