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Open Access Cystic Calculus in a Laboratory-housed Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

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Authors: Birke, Leslie L 1 ; Cespedes, Ann M 2 ; Schachner, Emma R 3 ; Lailvaux, Simon P 2 ; 

Source: Comparative Medicine, Volume 67, Number 2, April 2017, pp. 112-115(4)

Publisher: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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 × 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.

Document Type: Case Report

Affiliations: 1: Division of Animal Car, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana;, Email: [email protected] 2: Department of Biology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 3: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Publication date: April 1, 2017

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