Quantitative Analysis of 4468 Uroliths Retrieved from Farm Animals, Exotic Species, and Wildlife Submitted to the Minnesota Urolith Center: 1981 to 2007

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-78

  Osborne, Carl A ^a   Albasan, Hasan ^a   Lulich, Jody P ^a   Nwaokorie, Eugene ^a   Koehler, Lori A ^a   Ulrich, Lisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Exotic; Quantitative analysis; Uroliths; Wildlife; Zoo

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CYSTINE; PURINE; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRUVITE;

ANTELOPE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAMEL; CARNIVORA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COW; DEER; EASTERN EUROPE; EXOTIC SPECIES; FARM ANIMAL; FELIDAE; FERRET; FISH; FOX; HORSE; LION; LYNX; MARSUPIAL; MINK; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACCOON; REINDEER; REPTILE; REVIEW; RODENT; SWINE; TIGER; UNITED STATES; UROLITHIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE; WOLF;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY CALCULI;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 56449087023     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.09.005     Document Type: Review

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