Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Pages: 644-651

Journal: Kleintierpraxis

Volume number: 66

Issue number: 11

ISSN: 0023-2076

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.2377/0023-2076-66-644

Publisher: Schaper

Abstract: 
A 15-month-old Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca iberica) with a bodyweight of 66 g, was presented after the referring veterinarian had detected a urolith. Regarding the results of the physical and radiographic examinations, surgical removal of the urolith via the left prefemoral fossa was elected. The urolith could be removed completely. A microbiological swab of the urinary bladder revealed a moderate growth of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pantoea sp. The biochemical blood analysis showed an elevation of the uric acid level (6.72 mg/dL). An analysis of the urolith was done using infrared spectroscopy and showed a composition of 100% potassium urate. The Spur-thighed Tortoise was given analgesic and antibiotic treatment as well as a xanthine oxidase blocker.

Harvard Citation style: Digwa, K., Reiners, J., Wittenberg-Voges, L. and Fehr, M. (2021) Inguinal cystotomy for the surgical removal of a urolith in a Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca iberica) with a body weight of 66 g, Kleintierpraxis, 66(11), pp. 644-651. https://doi.org/10.2377/0023-2076-66-644

APA Citation style: Digwa, K., Reiners, J., Wittenberg-Voges, L., & Fehr, M. (2021). Inguinal cystotomy for the surgical removal of a urolith in a Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca iberica) with a body weight of 66 g. Kleintierpraxis. 66(11), 644-651. https://doi.org/10.2377/0023-2076-66-644