Quail pee

[ginaseng16]

I have to collect a urine sample for a urinalysis in school and birds don’t pee like mammals so would collecting a urate sample count?

 

[Susan Skylark]

Mammalian urine and bird urea are two totally separate things! Any urine testing or analysis you would do would not work, sorry! Try the neighbors dog!

 

[Jener8or]

I had to look it up, but yes, it does look like it would count (you assess the watery parts.) Here is a veterinary avian specimen collection article I found: https://www.gribblesvets.com.au/vet...nd-other/test-by-dept/urine/avian-urinalysis/

I'm not sure if I would try giving them water, like this article suggests, in fear of causing them to aspirate, unless you are experienced at this, but I would see if you could just wait for a watery poo sample with white (uric acid) parts in it to collect that.

I am definitely no expert, but hope this helps!

 

[Pipsnchicks]

I don't think you would be able to test it the same way because of the fecal matter but you could try? Perhaps ask your professor or teacher.

 

[Susan Skylark]

The worst job in the world is trying to collect a urine sample from a herd of cows to diagnose leptospirosis, even giving them Lasix/furosemide (makes them pee) you stand around forever and get nowhere and these are animals that pee a lot! This would be a terrible idea with a bird, to say nothing of the very real artifacts, interference, and complete failure you’d get using mammalian urine test strips on bird droppings. Mammals have a dedicated bladder and urethra, birds have one hole for everything! And if you’ve ever grabbed a freaked out quail the first thing they do is make a poopy mess which will make a very poor sample. Though apparently making sheep nervous will make them pee, though that is happily one job I’ve never had! Even mammalian urine is prone to artifact, once had a test strip come up positive for glucose on a dog with suspected bladder infection (not diabetes). Finally figured out the owner had collected the sample in a dirty yogurt container (sugar from the yogurt tested positive not the dog’s urine).