Ultrasonography of the Kidneys in Healthy and Diseased Camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Table 1

Dimensions (means ± SD) of the right and left kidneys imaged by ultrasound, from the upper right and caudal left paralumbar fossa in healthy camels [18].

Variable	Right kidney	Left kidney
Distance from body surface (cm)	1.8 ± 0.5	2.5 ± 0.6
Cortex (cm)	1.7 ± 0.6	1.7 ± 0.3
Medulla (cm)	2.7 ± 0.6	3.0 ± 1.0
Renal sinus (cm)	3.0 ± 0.7	3.6 ± 0.9
Vertical diameter (cm)	8.4 ± 1.4	9.8 ± 1.9
Horizontal diameter (cm)	18.1 ± 2.6	14.5 ± 3.0