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Feline cystinuria caused by a missense mutation in the SLC3A1 gene.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Mizukami K, Raj K, Giger U
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BACKGROUND: Cystinuria is an inherited metabolic disease that is relatively common in dogs, but rare in cats and is characterized by defective amino acid reabsorption, leading to cystine urolithiasis. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to report on a mutation in a cystinuric cat. ANIMALS: A male domestic shorthair (DSH) cat with cystine calculi, 11 control cats from Wyoming, and 54 DSH and purebred control...
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