Poore Luke A, Hendry Ross, Steyl Johan, Pfitzer Silke
Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies, University of Pretoria.
J S Afr Vet Assoc. 2017 Dec 8;88(0):e1-e6. doi: 10.4102/jsava.v88i0.1536.
The steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) is a small antelope of the family Bovidae native to the African continent. Urolithiasis, the formation of urinary calculi in the urinary tract, can be caused by a variety of factors such as diet, dehydration, infection and anatomical predisposition. Urolithiasis, with uroliths identified as magnesium calcium phosphate carbonate in composition, was diagnosed in a hand-reared 5-month-old steenbok. Perineal urethrostomy was performed as a component of the broad treatment regime that included fluid therapy, antibiotic and anti-inflammatory treatment. However, the animal died 4 days later as a result of systemic hypoxia and energy depletion because of stress and cachexia. The challenges of post-surgical treatment, the importance of positive energy balance in small ruminants under stressful circumstances, as well as the role of diet of hand-reared antelope in predisposition to urolith formation are highlighted.
岩羚（Raphicerus campestris）是一种原产于非洲大陆的牛科小羚羊。尿路结石，即泌尿系统中尿结石的形成，可能由多种因素引起，如饮食、脱水、感染和解剖学易感性。在一只人工饲养的5个月大岩羚中诊断出尿路结石，其结石成分被鉴定为磷酸碳酸镁钙。会阴尿道造口术是包括液体疗法、抗生素和抗炎治疗在内的广泛治疗方案的一部分。然而，由于应激和恶病质导致的全身缺氧和能量消耗，该动物在4天后死亡。强调了手术后治疗的挑战、应激情况下小反刍动物正能量平衡的重要性，以及人工饲养羚羊的饮食在尿路结石形成易感性中的作用。
