From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-09-10 03:34:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstract: urolithiasis echoes an unusual situation encountered in an FHL member's ferret
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Given the pH values typical for these this is an unusual presentation,=20
though I seem to recall a list member with something similar in a=20
ferret:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18776112
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J Vet Diagn Invest. 2008 Sep;20(5):682-3.
Mixed urolith (struvite and calcium oxalate) in a ferret (Mustela=20
putorius furo).
Del Angel-Caraza J, Ch=E1vez-Moreno O, Garc=EDa-Navarro S, P=E9rez-Garc=EDa=
C.
Universidad Aut=F3noma del Estado de M=E9xico, Hospital Veterinario para =
Peque=F1as Especies, Jes=FAs Carranza # 203 Col. Universidad Toluca Estado =
de M=E9xico 5130. .
Urolithiasis has been reported in veterinary literature in some=20
species of the Mustelidae family, including ferrets. In this species,=20
the most common form of urolithiasis is that caused by struvite. The=20
current study examined the case of mixed urolith in an 8-month-old=20
female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) with antecedents of strangury=20
and hematuria. A cystotomy was carried out to remove the urolith,=20
which had a rough surface and a homogeneously porous interior and was=20
formed by a mixture of struvite (60%) and calcium oxalate dehydrated=20
(40%).
PMID: 18776112
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Yes, here is this same strange presentation in an FHL ferret:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL5870
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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