Melamine and Cyanuric Acid-Induced Crystalluria, Uroliths, and Nephrotoxicity in Dogs and Cats

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Osborne, Carl A ^a   Lulich, Jody P ^a   Ulrich, Lisa K ^a   Koehler, Lori A ^a   Albasan, Hasan ^a   Sauer, Linda ^b   Schubert, Gernot ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalluria; Cyanuric acid; Melamine; Nephrotoxicity; Uric acid monohydrate; Uroliths; Wheat gluten

Indexed keywords

AMMELINE; CYANURIC ACID; GLUTEN; MELAMINE; MINERAL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ASIA; CANNED FOOD; CAT DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLURIA; DOG DISEASE; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOXICOLOGY; UROLITHIASIS; WHEAT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; TRIAZINES; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 56449096737     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.09.010     Document Type: Review

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