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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 23(3), 1987, pp. 428-431
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Urogenital sinus calculi in a sand tiger shark (Odontaspis taurus)

MT Walsh and FL Murru


ABSTRACT

Two calculi were found in the urogenital sinus of a 70 kg female sand tiger shark (Odontaspis taurus). The calculi were white in color, rough surfaced, and spherical in shape. Crystallographic examination revealed that they were composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (80% struvite) and calcium phosphate (15% carbonate apatite). Approximately 5% of the stone matrix consisted of blood and protein and a distinct bacterial nidus was not present microscopically.




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