title: Renal ultrasonographic evaluation in the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus).
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.
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department, Domestic Animals Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenue Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Georgea Bignardi
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Jarretta
authors.forename: Pedro Primo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Bombonato
authors.forename: Marcelo Alcindo de Barros Vaz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Guimarães
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045989:Felidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography