caa a22 4500 463237153 CHVBK 20180405153301.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11259-007-0058-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11259-007-0058-8 Increased Water Hardness and Magnesium Levels May Increase Occurrence of Urolithiasis in Cows from the Burdur Region (Turkey) [Elektronische Daten] [S. Sahinduran, T. Buyukoglu, M. Gulay, F. Tasci] Objectives of the study were to measure water hardness in Burdur, and to establish its possible association with urolithiasis in cattle. Water samples were obtained from different stables (n = 15). Water hardness and the concentrations of potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, zinc, manganese and copper ions were calculated from these water samples. Total hardness of the samples (mean 285 ppm) exceeded the standards and the water was characterized by high content of magnesium ions. Kidneys (n = 500) were collected randomly from slaughterhouses and examined for urolithiasis. Urolithiasis was observed in 102 kidneys (20.4%). The weights of the stones were between 0.02 and 237.44 g and the colour varied from white to brown. The calculi collected had various shapes and composed of calcium apatite (42.45%), struvite (20.15%), magnesium carbonate (15.15%), calcium carbonate (12.12%), and calcium phosphate cystine (10.13%). It was concluded that high water hardness with high magnesium ion concentrations in water may contribute to urolithiasis and needs to be investigated further in future studies. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2007 cattle nationallicence diet nationallicence magnesium nationallicence urolithiasis nationallicence water hardness nationallicence Sahinduran S. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut Buyukoglu T. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut Gulay M. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut Tasci F. Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut Veterinary Research Communications Kluwer Academic Publishers 31/6(2007-08-01), 665-671 0165-7380 31:6<665 2007 31 11259 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-007-0058-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-007-0058-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sahinduran S. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buyukoglu T. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gulay M. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tasci F. Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Akdeniz University, Burdur, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Veterinary Research Communications Kluwer Academic Publishers 31/6(2007-08-01), 665-671 0165-7380 31:6<665 2007 31 11259 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer