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The electronic database at the Small Animal Hospital, University of Glasgow was searched to identify dogs that were diagnosed with cholelithiasis on ultrasound between 2010 and 2018. Sixty-eight dogs were identified, giving an overall prevalence of cholelithiasis in our hospital of 0.97% (confidence interval 0.76\u20131.22%). Medical records of 61 dogs were available for review. Cholelithiasis was classified as an incidental finding in 53 (86.9%) dogs, with 8 (13.1%) dogs being classified as symptomatic, having complications of cholelithiasis that included biliary duct obstruction, biliary peritonitis, emphysematous cholecystitis, and acute cholecystitis. Follow-up was available for 39 dogs, with only 3 dogs (7.7%) developing complications attributed to cholelithiasis, including biliary duct obstruction and acute cholecystitis, within the subsequent 2 yr. Cholelithiasis is an uncommon but frequently incidental finding in dogs. Within the follow-up period, few of the dogs with incidental cholelithiasis went on to be become symptomatic.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-7000","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,17]],"date-time":"2020-03-17T17:00:33Z","timestamp":1584464433000},"page":"152","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Cholelithiasis in the Dog: Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Patricia M.","family":"Ward","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kieran","family":"Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gawain","family":"Hammond","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tim","family":"Parkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Bouyssou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Coia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Genziana","family":"Nurra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alison E.","family":"Ridyard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From Small Animal Hospital (P.M.W., K.B., G.H., S.B., M.C., G.N., A.E.R.) and Weipers Centre Equine Hospital (T.P.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"key":"bib1","series-title":"Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract","first-page":"453","article-title":"Ultrasound imagining of the hepatobiliary system and pancreas","volume":"46","author":"Larson\n              MM.","year":"2016","unstructured":"Larson\n              MM.\n            \n          \n          Ultrasound imagining of the hepatobiliary system and pancreas. 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