BILATERAL URETERAL BLOCKAGE BY UNIDENTIFIED CALCULI IN A 5-MONTH-OLD CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL

Authors
Citation
Dp. Toolan, BILATERAL URETERAL BLOCKAGE BY UNIDENTIFIED CALCULI IN A 5-MONTH-OLD CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL, Irish veterinary journal, 48(6), 1995, pp. 226-227
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
03680762
Volume
48
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
226 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0368-0762(1995)48:6<226:BUBBUC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A five-month-old male Cavalier King Charles puppy was presented with l oss of appetite, vomiting, black faeces and abdominal tenderness. Late r, there were abnormalities in the proprioceptive reflexes. At necrops y, both ureters were blocked by urinary calculi and the kidneys were h ydronephrotic. The calculi were examined by x-ray micro-probe analysis but the chemical composition was not identified.