Baseline urinalysis values in common bottlenose dolphins under human care in the Caribbean
| Autor: | Carlos Ortíz, Rocío Sabater-Durán, Nayeli Falcón-Robles, Angélica Sánchez-Jiménez, Roberto Sánchez-Okrucky, María Vences-Fernández, Antonio L. Rivera-Guzman, Tamara Alejandro-Zayas, Danilo Cruz-Martínes, Luz Garduño-González, María Concepción López-Romahn, Bert Rivera-Marchand, María Renée Arreola-Illescas, Raúl Torres-Salcedo, Lydia Staggs, Lilian Bustamante-Tello, Adriana Mingramm-Murillo, Lissette Benítez-Araiza, Christian A Alvarado-Macedo, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Natalia Jiménez-Zucchet, Ana Michelle Martínez-Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
medicine.medical_specialty General Veterinary Urinalysis medicine.diagnostic_test 040301 veterinary sciences business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Urine 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Bottle-Nosed Dolphin 0403 veterinary science Caribbean Region Internal medicine Animals Humans Medicine Full Scientific Reports business Baseline (configuration management) Specific Gravity Reagent Strips |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 31:426-433 |
| ISSN: | 1943-4936 1040-6387 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1040638719839110 |
| Popis: | Urinalysis is a rapid, simple, inexpensive, and reliable test that documents urine abnormalities reflecting various types of renal, hormonal, or metabolic diseases. Urinalysis could assist proper monitoring of the health of dolphins under human care; however, normal baseline values for dolphin urinalysis have not been reported, to our knowledge. We sampled urine from 193 common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus), living under human care in 24 Caribbean dolphinariums, by voluntary free-catch and analyzed the urine for chemical and microscopic variables using multi-agent dry reagent chemistry dipstick test strips, dedicated pH reagent strips, and unstained sediment slides. Most urine was clear, pale yellow to dark yellow, and had a fishy odor. Dipstick glucose, bilirubin, ketones, and nitrites were negative in all dolphins. The urine pH was acidic ([Formula: see text] ± SD; 5.88 ± 0.58) and specific gravity (SG) was 1.035 ± 0.008. Most animals had 0–2 red blood cells and white blood cells per 40× field, and were negative for proteins. On microscopic sediment, 42.7% of samples had few-to-many squamous epithelial cells; hyaline and epithelial casts were observed only rarely. Crystals were observed in 36.6% of the samples; most were calcium oxalate dihydrate (48.2%) and amorphous urates (42.4%). The values obtained in our study can be used as a reference for health monitoring of dolphins in dolphinariums, and to monitor renal conditions and function in dolphins being rehabilitated or under human care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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