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Review Article
(Published online : 19-01-2013)
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Obstructive urolithiasis in ruminants – A review
- D. M Makhdoomi and Mohsin A Gazi
Vet World. 2013; 6(4): 233-238
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.2013. 233-238
Abstract
Obstructive urolithiasis is the retention of urine subsequent to lodgment of
calculi anywhere in the urinary conduct from up to urethral orifice. The disease
results in heavy economic losses to the livestock industry as it is attributed
the fifth most prevalent cause of death in feedlot. Obstructive urolithiasis is
a serious, potentially fatal condition, most commonly causing symptoms in
castrated male animals, but also occurring in breeding males. Many surgical
approaches and techniques for the diagnosis and the treatment of the disease
have been described with their relative merits and demerits in the literature.
Keywords: calculi, obstruction, steer, urolithiasis
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