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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1720314" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Ken, here in USA, that term usually refers to uroabdomen or subcutaneous accumulation of urine from ruptured bladder or ruptured urethra subsequent to urethral obstruction by uroliths. Most common in feedlot steers on a grain-based ration. With some, depending upon where the obstruction is, and if the bladder isn't ruptured, and if you catch them early enough, you can salvage them by doing a perineal urethrostomy.</p><p></p><p>Never had one of my own; only saw a handful while in practice - a few in young calves, which I presumed to be due to silicate stone obstructions, and one in a mature ChiAngus bull, which was probably due to a struvite(calcium ammonium phosphate) stone.</p><p></p><p>Some years back, I saw a presentation on a 'outbreak' of urolithiasis (bladder stones) causing urethral obstruction in a group of feedlot steers, when someone convinced them to mix in a bunch of diatomaceous earth (DE) as a 'natural dewormer'. The high mineral content of the DE precipitated a trainwreck... not sure that they assayed the 'stones' for mineral content, so I don't know if they were silica-based or struvite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1720314, member: 12607"] Ken, here in USA, that term usually refers to uroabdomen or subcutaneous accumulation of urine from ruptured bladder or ruptured urethra subsequent to urethral obstruction by uroliths. Most common in feedlot steers on a grain-based ration. With some, depending upon where the obstruction is, and if the bladder isn't ruptured, and if you catch them early enough, you can salvage them by doing a perineal urethrostomy. Never had one of my own; only saw a handful while in practice - a few in young calves, which I presumed to be due to silicate stone obstructions, and one in a mature ChiAngus bull, which was probably due to a struvite(calcium ammonium phosphate) stone. Some years back, I saw a presentation on a 'outbreak' of urolithiasis (bladder stones) causing urethral obstruction in a group of feedlot steers, when someone convinced them to mix in a bunch of diatomaceous earth (DE) as a 'natural dewormer'. The high mineral content of the DE precipitated a trainwreck... not sure that they assayed the 'stones' for mineral content, so I don't know if they were silica-based or struvite. [/QUOTE]
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