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  2. Ibex - Wikipedia

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    Species of wild goats that are called ibex are: The Asian ibex also known as the Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica) is a wild goat inhabiting long mountain systems in central Asian deserts and the northwestern Himalayas. The animal is 80–100 cm high at shoulder, and weighs an average 60 kg.

  3. Elastration - Wikipedia

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    However, with some animals such as goats, castrating too early increases the frequency of kidney stones and urinary problems due to reduced size of the urethra, so elastration may be postponed. [9]

  4. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney stones are primarily composed of calcium salts, with the most common being calcium oxalate (70-80%), followed by calcium phosphate and uric acid. When urine contains high concentrations of these ions, they can form crystals and eventually stones. [41] The formation of kidney stones occurs in three main phases: [41]

  5. List of people with kidney stones - Wikipedia

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    Author Isaac Asimov suffered from kidney stones, and wrote about how his pain was treated with morphine, saying that he feared becoming addicted to morphine if he ever needed it again. [44] During the 1980s, his problem with kidney stones developed into kidney disease, which resulted in multiple hospitalizations. [45]

  6. List of infectious sheep and goat diseases - Wikipedia

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    Sheep and goats are both small ruminants with cosmopolitan distributions due to their being kept historically and in modern times as grazers both individually and in herds in return for their production of milk, wool, and meat. [1] As such, the diseases of these animals are of great economic importance to humans.

  7. Calculus (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Human gallstones, all removed from one patient. Grid scale 1 mm. Calculi in the inner ear are called otoliths; Calculi in the urinary system are called urinary calculi and include kidney stones (also called renal calculi or nephroliths) and bladder stones (also called vesical calculi or cystoliths).

  8. Cystinuria - Wikipedia

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    Cystinurics have an increased risk for chronic kidney disease [2] [3] and since kidney damage or poor function is often present in people with cystinuria, the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or over the counter (OTC) medications should be used with caution. Cystine stones are often difficult to detect using plain X-rays.

  9. Lithotomy - Wikipedia

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    Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" and "tomos" (), is a surgical method for removal of calculi, stones formed inside certain organs, such as the urinary tract (kidney stones), bladder (bladder stones), and gallbladder (), that cannot exit naturally through the urinary system or biliary tract.