From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-07-11 06:24:01 UTC
Subject: Re: cystine stones and protein
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4393993.1089527041393.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
In the download from
www.vet.ohio-state.edu/docs/VM602/notes/lith.doc =
which appears to be teaching material on uroliths for a vet school it is no=
ted:
>5. Canine cystinuria is an inherited =
>disorder of renal tubular transport =
>involving cystine or cystine and other =
>amino acids (often ornithine, lysine, =
>and arginine - the so-called =93COLA=94 =
>group of amino acids). Not all dogs
> with cystinuria develop urolithiasis. =
> Therefore, cystinuria is considered to =
>be a predisposing rather than a primary =
>causative factor.
and
>a. The role of diet in the pathogenesis =
>of most types of urolithiasis in dogs and =
>cats is unknown
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