PREVALENCE OF RENAL UROLITHIASIS IN A LARGE, CAPTIVE WHITE-TAILED DEER HERD

Prevalence of renal urolithiasis in a large, captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herd was examined over a two-year period of time. In 1973, 1.3% of 225 deer examined had calculi in the renal pelvis and 4.4% had kidney lesions, either independent or in combination with the calculi. In...

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Published inJournal of wildlife diseases Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 306 - 309
Main Authors WOOLF, A, KRADEL, D, ROTHENBACHER, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.07.1976
Wildlife Dis Assoc
Subjects
Animals
Animals, Wild
Deer
Female
Kidney Calculi - epidemiology
Kidney Calculi - pathology
Kidney Calculi - veterinary
Male
Pennsylvania - epidemiology
Prevalence
Pennsylvania
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Summary:Prevalence of renal urolithiasis in a large, captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herd was examined over a two-year period of time. In 1973, 1.3% of 225 deer examined had calculi in the renal pelvis and 4.4% had kidney lesions, either independent or in combination with the calculi. In 1974, prevalence increased and 5.9% of 354 deer had calculi and 6.5% had kidney lesions. Calculi and lesions affected all sex and age-classes. Involvement was both unilateral and bilateral with 23.8% having stones in both kidneys and 30.4% having lesions in both kidneys. Lesions and calculi occurred together in 42.8% of cases. Etiology is unknown, but possible relationships are discussed.
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ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-12.3.306