Clinical and pathological study of an outbreak of obstructive urolithiasis in feedlot cattle in southern, Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Loretti, Alexandre Paulino ^a   De Oliveira, Luciana Oliveira ^a,b   Farias Cruz, Cláudio Estêvão ^a   Driemeier, David ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammonium phosphate; Cattle; Feedlot; Obstructive urolithiasis; Southern Brazil; Uroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FLUID INTAKE; HERD; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; STONE FORMATION; URETHROTOMY; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0141683834     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2003000200003     Document Type: Article

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