Sentences with word «cystinuria»

Dogs with cystinuria often have recurrent inflammation of the urinary tract and if not treated, urinary stones can cause urinary tract infections, kidney failure and even death.

A positive urine test for cystine is almost always indicative of cystinuria in the dog.

If you are purchasing a puppy, insist that the mother and father of the puppy are tested clear for cystinuria by the University of Pennsylvania.

CHIC requirements for Mastiffs are hips, elbows, eyes and cardiac (with autoimmune thyroiditis and cystinuria optional.

Normal kidneys reabsorb the Amino Acid cystine so that only small amounts pass into the urine, while dogs with mutations of both copies of the SLC3A1 gene fail to reabsorb cystine allowing large amounts to pass into the urine, hence the name cystinuria.

Urinary infections are common in Mastiffs, and a serious urinary disease called cystinuria is more common in Mastiffs than in any other breed.

A 14 - year Swedish study of 86 dogs with cystinuria found that in 86 percent of the dogs, stone re-formation was prevented with this drug.

For more general information on cystinuria, visit the excellent Cystinuria Information page on the website of the Mastiff Club of America.

Note: In July of 2004, just after his 11th birthday, Skye suffered a recurrence of bacterial prostatitis, probably but not definitely related to his underlying cystinuria.

We'll miss him forever, and hope that everyone with a Scottish Deerhound with cystinuria will find the way a little clearer after reading about Skye's experiences.

Genetic testing of the SLC3A1 gene will reliably determine whether a dog is a genetic Carrier of cystinuria (Labrador retriever type).

Likewise, bitch owners should not use stud dogs who have not been screened for cystinuria.

We are understanding the mechanisms that modulate stone formation and translate our findings to human diseases like gout and cystinuria.

Beagis may develop skin ailments, hip dysplasia, hypothyroidism, patellar luxation, Von Willebrand's disease, ear infections, intervertebral disk disease, epilepsy, degenerative myelopathy, dwarfism, cystinuria, and patent ductus arteriosus.

Other, smaller health concerns include obesity, cancer, osteosarcoma, and cystinuria.

Major health issues can include gastric torsion and hip dysplasia, with other potential problems including obesity, cystinuria and osteosarcoma.

Dogs must be diagnosed with cystinuria, but otherwise healthy.

Because not all affected dogs will have clinical signs associated with cystinuria, genetic testing should be performed before breeding.

BCA Charitable Fund grant money has sponsored many studies including ones on pulmonic stenosis, cystinuria, anasarca, trachea, and hypothyroid disease.

If you have, or bred, a deerhound who is diagnosed with cystinuria, please contact John Dillberger, DVM, who is coordinating this effort for the Scottish Deerhound, and ask her how you can participate in the ongoing deerhound cystinuria study at the University of Pennsylvania.

Such a marker could identify dogs at an early age who have cystinuria and help breeders reduce the incidence of cystinuria in Deerhounds.

Three years ago, two dogs I bred (see pedigree) were diagnosed with cystinuria, a genetic kidney defect.

Very basically, cystinuria is a genetic defect in which the kidney is not able to process a basic amino acid, cystine, correctly.

It is used in people with cystinuria.

The Canine Health Foundation has funded research to identify the genetic marker for several diseases, research that has successfully pinpointed the genes for von Willebrand's disease (a bleeding disorder) in Poodle, Doberman Pinscher, and Pembroke Welsh Corgi; cystinuria (a cause of kidney, urethra, and bladder stones) in Newfoundlands; copper toxicosis (a liver disease) in Bedlington Terriers; and progressive retinal atrophy (an eye disease) in Irish Setters.