Perineal urethrostomy to treat obstructive urolithiasis in a captive hand-raised steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
dc.contributor.author | Poore, Luke Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Hendry, Ross | |
dc.contributor.author | Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham | |
dc.contributor.author | Pfitzer, Silke | |
dc.contributor.email | luke.poore@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-28T10:47:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-28T10:47:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-12-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | The steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) is a small antelope of the family Bovidae native to the African continent. Urolithiasis, the formation of urinary calculi in the urinary tract, can be caused by a variety of factors such as diet, dehydration, infection and anatomical predisposition. Urolithiasis, with uroliths identified as magnesium calcium phosphate carbonate in composition, was diagnosed in a hand-reared 5-month-old steenbok. Perineal urethrostomy was performed as a component of the broad treatment regime that included fluid therapy, antibiotic and anti-inflammatory treatment. However, the animal died 4 days later as a result of systemic hypoxia and energy depletion because of stress and cachexia. The challenges of post-surgical treatment, the importance of positive energy balance in small ruminants under stressful circumstances, as well as the role of diet of hand-reared antelope in predisposition to urolith formation are highlighted. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Companion Animal Clinical Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Paraclinical Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Production Animal Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2018 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.jsava.co.za | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Poore, L.A., Hendry, R., Steyl, J. & Pfitzer, S., 2017, ‘Perineal urethrostomy to treat obstructive urolithiasis in a captive hand-raised steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)’, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 88(0), a1536. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/jsava.v88i0.1536. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1019-9128 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2224-9435 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/jsava.v88i0.1536 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64334 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | AOSIS OpenJournals | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Urolithiasis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Urinary-bladder marsupialization | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Percutaneous tube cystostomy | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Hematological values | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Small ruminants | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Nutrition | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Diagnosis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Surgery | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Perineal urethrostomy | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Urolith formation | en_ZA |
dc.title | Perineal urethrostomy to treat obstructive urolithiasis in a captive hand-raised steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |