@article {Birke:2017:1532-0820:112,
title = "Cystic Calculus in a Laboratory-housed Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)",
journal = "Comparative Medicine",
parent_itemid = "infobike://aalas/cm",
publishercode ="aalas",
year = "2017",
volume = "67",
number = "2",
publication date ="2017-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "112-115",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1532-0820",
eissn = "2769-819X",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aalas/cm/2017/00000067/00000002/art00004",
author = "Birke, Leslie L and Cespedes, Ann M and Schachner, Emma R and Lailvaux, Simon P",
abstract = "An adult, male, wild-caught, laboratory-housed green anole (Anolis carolinensis) on a locomotor performance study was presented for anorexia. The anole exhibited a 26% weight loss and a thin body condition but was otherwise alert and active. Despite supportive care, the anole's
clinical condition deteriorated, necessitating euthanasia. Postmortem examination revealed a 4.5 mm \texttimes 2.5-mm cystic calculus, which consisted entirely of sodium urate. Here we describe the clinical findings and locomotor consequences of this disease in a green anole. Although urolithiasis
has been reported clinically in reptiles, this report presents the first case of a cystic calculus in a laboratory-housed green anole.",
}