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    News and Articles on Calculi


    Painful reminders  Sep 13, 2009
    " Flushed outTiny kidney stones generally leave the body through the urine. If stones grow too large - usually at least 5 millimetres - they can cause obstruction and pain. Typical symptoms include a colicky pain in the lower back. Sometimes this pain can be so intense it may lead to fainting bouts or the person feeling crippled by the pain. Trudy has had almost every type of treatment to help her remove the stones. She has had lithotripsy, a non invasive treatment which involves using... (BBC News -- UK)

    Healthy Ewes and Lambs First, Followed By Proper Diet (2)  Jul 26, 2009
    "Soybean meal, corn, alfalfa and molasses are all considered palatable. "Soybean meal is a real good feed stuff to get lambs started on a creep ration," he said.Creep rations should contain 17 to 18 percent protein and 80 percent total digestive nutrients (TDN)."They're getting a lot of protein from mama's milk," he said.A sample creep diet would be 73 percent corn, 19 percent soybean meal, 5 percent molasses, 2 percent limestone for calcium and 0.5 percent ammonium chloride and 0.5 percent... (Agri-View, WI)

    Urodynamix Receives Financial Contribution From NRC-IRAP to Support Development of NIRS Technology to Improve the Minimally Invasive Treatment (MIT) of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)  Apr 28, 2009
    If left untreated, bladder outlet obstruction can lead to urinary stasis, predisposing patients to urinary tract infections and urosepsis, bladder dysfunction, bladder calculi, and renal failure. Adenomatous prostatic growth is believed to begin at approximately age 30 years. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    Sheep and Goat Diseases Outlined From A to Z (15)  Feb 9, 2009
    A metabolic disease of wethers and rams, urinary calculi - also known as water belly - causes the formation of stones within the urinary tract. Blockage of the urethra can lead to retention of urine, abdominal pain, and eventually distention and rupture of the urethra or bladder. (Agri-View, WI)




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