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5 April 2019 VAGINOSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VERTICAL VAGINAL SEPTUM IN ONE PRIMIPAROUS AND THREE NULLIPAROUS SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM)
Matthew E. Kinney, Dean Hendrickson, Parker Pennington, Jeffery R. Zuba, Meredith M. Clancy, Lauren L. Howard, Rebecca Papendick, Barbara Durrant
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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 (Ceratotherium simum simum). 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.

Copyright 2019 by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Matthew E. Kinney, Dean Hendrickson, Parker Pennington, Jeffery R. Zuba, Meredith M. Clancy, Lauren L. Howard, Rebecca Papendick, and Barbara Durrant "VAGINOSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VERTICAL VAGINAL SEPTUM IN ONE PRIMIPAROUS AND THREE NULLIPAROUS SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 50(1), 274-277, (5 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.1638/2018-0141
Accepted: 3 October 2018; Published: 5 April 2019
KEYWORDS
Ceratotherium simum simum
cervix
endoscope
Hymen
Southern white rhinoceros
Vertical vaginal septum
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