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Diagnosis and Management of Articular Gout in a Red-eared Slider (Trachemys Scripta Elegans)  

Lee, So-Young (BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Deseases and Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Kim, Ju-Won (BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Deseases and Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Park, Hee-Myung (BK21 Basic & Diagnostic Veterinary Specialist Program for Animal Deseases and Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.28, no.4, 2011 , pp. 449-451 More about this Journal
Abstract
An 1.28 kg, male, thirteen years of age, red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) was presented with one month history of anorexia, decreased mobility, and swelling and erythema of forelimbs. Hyperuricemia and tophaceous gout such as osteolysis at the digit, carpal and metacarpal bones with radiopaque densities around the lesion were detected. Allopurinol (20 mg/kg, PO, once a day) and u/d (Hill's diet) were selected for treatment and other antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs were not administered. One month after initial presentation, clinical signs and radiographic findings were improved. According to the medical response, the turtle was presumptively diagnosed as articular gout and allopurinol revealed effective response to the articular gout in turtles.
Keywords
allopurinol; articular gout; turtle;
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