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Azotemia was documented in 38 of the 68 cats for which serum biochemical analyses were performed 7 to 11 days after consumption of the contaminated food. One cat died, and 13 were euthanized. Histologic examination of kidney specimens from 13 cats revealed intratubular crystalluria, tubular necrosis with regeneration, and subcapsular perivascular inflammation characterized by perivascular fibroplasia or fibrosis and inflammation with intravascular fibrin thrombi. Toxicologic analyses revealed melamine and cyanuric acid in samples of cat food, vomitus, urine, and kidneys.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions and Clinical Relevance<\/jats:bold>\u2014In cats unintentionally fed pet food contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid, the most consistent clinical and pathologic abnormalities were associated with the urinary tract, specifically tubular necrosis and crystalluria.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.233.5.729","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,9,2]],"date-time":"2008-09-02T12:28:41Z","timestamp":1220358521000},"page":"729-737","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":113,"title":["Clinicopathologic, histologic, and toxicologic findings in 70 cats inadvertently exposed to pet food contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"233","author":[{"given":"Rachel E.","family":"Cianciolo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Karyn","family":"Bischoff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph G.","family":"Ebel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas J.","family":"Van Winkle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard E.","family":"Goldstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laurie M.","family":"Serfilippi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"Analytical toxicology methods manual","first-page":"164","author":"Stahr","year":"1977"},{"key":"ref2","series-title":"J Assoc Off Anal Chem","first-page":"25","article-title":"Rapid forensic selected reaction monitoring liquid chromatography\/mass spectrometry determination of ionphore antibiotics found at toxic levels in animal feeds","volume":"87","author":"Ebel","year":"2004"},{"key":"ref3","series-title":"Official methods of analysis of AOAC International","first-page":"4","article-title":"AOACI. 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