Canine cystinuria: an extended study on the effects of 2-mercaptopropionylglycine on cystine urolithiasis and urinary cystine excretion.

TL;DR: Past and recent literature on urolithiasis was reviewed for information on anatomical occurrence, physiology of urine formation, prevalence, mineral composition, clinical signs, laboratory findings, dissolution therapy, surgery and prevention of the disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, 67 breeds of dogs were identified, including English Bulldogs, Dachshunds, Mastiffs, and Newfoundlands, and various recommendations for dissolution of cystine uroliths include various combinations of diet modification, diuresis, administration of 2-MPG, and alkalinization of urine.

TL;DR: In dogs with re-formed Cystine uroliths, dissolution may be induced by increasing the tiopronin dosage to 40 mg/kg body weight per day, and in dogs with a low urolith recurrence rate and low urinary cystine excretion, the tiovonin dosage may be decreased or treatment discontinued.

TL;DR: The great variation in urinary cystine excretion suggests that factors other than the excretion of Cystine must be considered as causes of cyStine urolith formation.

TL;DR: This book discusses Anatomic and Physiologic Imaging of the Canine and Feline Brain, and Radiographic Anatomy of the Dog and Horse, and the Case of the Immature Skeleton.