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

Jan G. Myburgh | Zendy; F. W. Huchzermeyer | Zendy; John T. Soley | Zendy; D G Booyse | Zendy; Hermanus B. Groenewald | Zendy; L. C. Bekker | Zendy; Taisen Iguchi | Zendy; Louis J. Guillette | Zendy

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Technique for the collection of clear urine from the Nile crocodile (<i>Crocodylus niloticus</i>)

Author(s) -

Jan G. Myburgh,

F. W. Huchzermeyer,

John T. Soley,

D G Booyse,

Hermanus B. Groenewald,

L. C. Bekker,

Taisen Iguchi,

Louis J. Guillette

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the south african veterinary association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2224-9435

pISSN - 1019-9128

DOI - 10.4102/jsava.v83i1.8

Subject(s) - crocodylus , crocodile , alligator , urine , cloaca , american alligator , biology , anatomy , medicine , ecology , endocrinology

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a simple technique to collect urine from the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) was described, based on a similar unpublished technique developed for the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) using a canine urinary catheter.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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