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1 September 2004 RENAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION IN THE ONCILLA (LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS)
Georgea Bignardi Jarretta, Pedro Primo Bombonato, Marcelo Alcindo de Barros Vaz Guimarães
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Abstract

Ultrasonography is currently used in veterinary medicine to examine the anatomy and physiology of internal organs and to establish normal standards for exotic animal species. Specifically, the kidneys may be evaluated and measured in length, width, and height. The kidneys in 33 oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), including 20 males and 13 females, were opportunistically located, characterized, and measured by ultrasound using a 7.5-MHz linear transducer at two different zoologic facilities in São Paulo, Brazil. Renal volume was calculated from these linear measurements. The mean linear measurements and volume of the right and left kidneys were not significantly different.

Georgea Bignardi Jarretta, Pedro Primo Bombonato, and Marcelo Alcindo de Barros Vaz Guimarães "RENAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION IN THE ONCILLA (LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35(3), 356-360, (1 September 2004). https://doi.org/10.1638/02-021
Received: 22 April 2002; Published: 1 September 2004
KEYWORDS
Felidae
kidney
Leopardus tigrinus
ultrasound
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