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RE: Sue, gout and metabolism
Speaking of Sue, what ever happened? Auctioned? Sold? Still in limbo?
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>From: Royan Webb[SMTP:bandr@globaldialog.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 1997 8:20 AM
>To: dinosaur@usc.edu
>Subject: Re: Sue, gout and metabolism
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>Twas on a Wednesday that I first spotted this from Michael
>>> > Rothschild, B.M., Tanke, D., & Carpenter, K. (1997). Tyrannosaurs
>>> > suffered from gout. Nature, 387, 357.
>>>
>>> Maybe, but I suspect the actual cause was renal failure due to the
>>> many pathologies Sue has on the humerus, skull, and fibula. Sue was
>>> not a healthy individual at the time of her death. As was pointed
>>> out in the article, other non-mammalian occurances of gout are
>>> known. What was not stated was that these cases are often linked to
>>> unhealthy kidneys. Therefore, nothing about the metabolism of Sue's
>>> prey can be inferred from the presence of gout.
>>>
>>> Kenneth Carpenter
>>>
>>Gout is not a routine complication of kidney failure in mammals.
>>However, birds and reptiles excrete nitrogen as uric acid which is
>>the crystal responsible for gout. Is gout a complication of renal
>>failure in birds and reptiles?
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>>Michael Teuton
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>"Gout in birds is associated with the kidney's inability to remove nitrogen
>waste products from the bloodstream. As a result, uric acid accumulates and
>begins to abnormally collect in different sites within the body."
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>p 207 "The Complete Bird Owner's Handbook" bye Gary A Gallerstein, DVM
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>So .. yes. And the joint type is quite common in budgies (who seldom eat red
>meat)
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>Royan
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>And the budgie says -
>If you order extra cheese on a pizza do you really get it?
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