Sleeman J M, Mudakikwa A B
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Center, Kigali, Rwanda.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 1998 Dec;29(4):432-4.
Voided urine samples were collected from apparently healthy free-living mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) and analyzed for normal physiologic values. Mountain gorillas were found to have a high urinary pH (x = 8.45) and low specific gravity (x = 1.013). Commercial dipsticks appear to be unreliable for the measurement of specific gravity and leukocytes. The establishment of urinary reference intervals should aid in the noninvasive detection of certain diseases in the mountain gorilla and assist with prompt and effective decisions regarding the immobilization and treatment of individual gorillas.
从表面健康、自由生活的山地大猩猩（Gorilla gorilla beringei）收集晨尿样本，并分析其正常生理值。发现山地大猩猩的尿液pH值较高（x = 8.45），比重较低（x = 1.013）。商用试纸条在测量比重和白细胞方面似乎不可靠。建立尿液参考区间应有助于对山地大猩猩某些疾病进行无创检测，并有助于就个体大猩猩的固定和治疗做出及时有效的决策。
