Cystinuria in a maned wolf

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A renal calculus composed principally of the amino acid, cystine, was found in an 8-year-old male maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus). Cystine crystals were found in the urine sediment. The renal clearance of 10 amino acids was abnormal, whereas reabsorption of others was normal. The renal clearance of cystine, lysine, ornithine, and arginine exceeded the filtered load. The renal tubular handling of glucose, phosphate, sodium, potassium, and uric acid was identical to that for the clinically normal dog. These findings indicated an isolated renal tubular defect for cystine and other amino acids.

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Bush, R. Mitchell and Bovee, K. C. 1978. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/11558">Cystinuria in a maned wolf</a>." <em>Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association</em>, 173, (9) 1159–1162.

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