title: Calcium oxalate stones in feline littermates.
abstract: Two feline littermates were diagnosed with calcium oxalate uroliths. Both had been maintained on a commercially available dry diet with reduced magnesium and urine acidifying properties. One female littermate was diagnosed by visualising the stones by radiographs while the second littermate, also female, became blocked when one of the uroliths lodged in the urethra. Two other, unrelated cats in the household, of similar age and raised under the same conditions, did not develop calcium oxalate uroliths.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6351, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bynum
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Robinette
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brownlee
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000032:analysis*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D003559:Cystostomy / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D002129:Calcium Oxalate