title: [Urinary calculi in small and other animals--a retrospective study of the years 1980-1989].
abstract: More than 500 uroliths from dogs, cats, minks, rabbits and 9 further animal species originating from various regions of former East Germany were analysed. The observations were made between 1980 and 1989 using X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. The urinary stones consisted of struvite, whewellite, weddellite, cystine, ammonium urate, brushite, whitlockite, hydroxyapatite or carbonate-apatite, calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide and organic matrix stones. In dogs, the most frequent types were struvite and apatite concrements, followed by calcium oxalate and cystine uroliths. Among the diseased animals poodles, dachshunds and terriers ranked first. In the analysed material from cats apatite and struvite predominated. With few exceptions, minks formed struvite uroliths only. The analysed calculi from rabbits consisted principally of calcium phosphate or calcium carbonate concrements. The present analysis has been compared with results of former studies, differences are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tierhaltung, Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wenkel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prange
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005859:Germany, East / Q000453:epidemiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006041:Goats; D015994:Incidence; D008907:Mink; D011817:Rabbits; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
vernacular_title: Harnsteine bei Kleintieren und anderen Tierarten--eine retrospektive Studie aus den Jahren 1980-1989.