在一头初产和三头未育的南方白犀牛中通过阴道镜识别垂直阴道中隔（）

VAGINOSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VERTICAL VAGINAL SEPTUM IN ONE PRIMIPAROUS AND THREE NULLIPAROUS SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS ().

作者信息

Kinney Matthew E, Hendrickson Dean, Pennington Parker, Zuba Jeffery R, Clancy Meredith M, Howard Lauren L, Papendick Rebecca, Durrant Barbara

机构信息

San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Veterinary Services, Escondido, California 92027, USA.

Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.

出版信息

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2019 Mar 1;50(1):274-277. doi: 10.1638/2018-0141.

DOI:10.1638/2018-0141

PMID:31120691

Abstract

Vaginoscopy using a 10-mm, 30° forward viewing rigid endoscope was used to evaluate the caudal reproductive tract of four subadult southern white rhinoceros (). A vertical vaginal septum was documented in all four animals, including a primiparous cow that gave birth to a stillborn calf 14 months before vaginoscopy. Vaginoscopy using a 57-cm-long, 10-mm, 30° forward viewing endoscope provides adequate visualization of the caudal reproductive track in the southern white rhinoceros, and a detailed description of the vertical vaginal septum is presented. Additionally, the presence of a vertical vaginal septum in a primiparous southern white rhinoceros suggests the presence of this anatomic structure cannot be used as a proxy of nulliparity for captive southern white rhinoceros.

摘要

使用10毫米、30°前视硬质内窥镜进行阴道镜检查，以评估4只亚成年南方白犀牛的尾部生殖道。在所有4只动物中均记录到垂直阴道中隔，其中包括一只初产母牛，该母牛在阴道镜检查前14个月产下了一头死产小牛。使用57厘米长、10毫米、30°前视内窥镜进行阴道镜检查，可以充分观察南方白犀牛的尾部生殖道，并对垂直阴道中隔进行详细描述。此外，初产南方白犀牛中存在垂直阴道中隔，这表明对于圈养的南方白犀牛，不能将这种解剖结构的存在作为未生育的替代指标。