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. 1973 Sep 1;14(3):410–420. doi: 10.1186/BF03547428

Bovine Urolithiasis in Andhra Pradesh

Urolithiasis hos kvæg i Andhra Pradesh

S V Rao 1,2,✉, A Unmack 1,2,✉
PMCID: PMC8559848  PMID: 4758783

Abstract

Urinary calculi from three bulls, six bullocks and one male buffalo from the Guntur district were investigated. By chemical analysis only CO23, Ca2+, Mg2+, and a trace of PO¾- were found. X-ray analysis showed that all samples consisted of magnesian calcite with an atomic percentage of magnesium between 14.5 and 21.9. The size of the crystallites varied approx. from 200 to 400 Å.

Keywords: urolithiasis, magnesian calcite, calculi

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