Urate uroliths belong to the purine family of uroliths and are the third most common urolith type in dogs and cats. In dalmatians, an autosomal recessive trait is responsible for hyperuricosuria and a predisposition to urate urolithiasis. In other dog breeds and in cats, urate uroliths are predominantly associated with liver disease, specifically portosystemic vascular anomalies. Idiopathic ura...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends in urolith composition and urolithiasis in dogs during the past 21 years. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SAMPLE POPULATION 25,499 uroliths and the dogs from which they were obtained. PROCEDURES Database of the Gerald V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory was searched from January 1985 through December 2006. All uroliths from dogs and the accompanying su...

Low dietary K levels have been associated with increasing renal Ca excretion in humans, indicating a higher risk of calcium oxalate (CaOx) urolith formation. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate whether dietary K also affects the urine composition of cats. A total of eight adult cats were fed diets containing 0·31 % native K and 0·50, 0·75 and 1·00 % K from KCl or KHCO₃ and were ev...

In this study, the presence and types of urine crystals in cats dogs with urolithiasis/crystaluria effects some demographic factors (such as type, breed, age, sex, sterilization status) on them were evaluated. physical, chemical sediment examinations samples 67 performed. It was determined that 83.58% animals their male. 63.64% female 44.64% male detected urinary tract sterilized. more common b...

Two West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus spp.) were reported with severe emaciation. One animal was a Florida manatee from the Everglades; the other was an Antillean manatee from Cuba. On necropsy, both animals had nephrolithiasis, pyelonephritis, and moderate to severe renomegaly. Histopathology revealed multifocal to diffuse pyelonephritis, interstitial nephritis, and nephrocalcinosis. Th...

Urolithiasis is defined as the formation of urolith or crystal in urinary tract caused by supersaturation urine. This study was conducted at PDHB drh Cucu Kartini S, dkk, Jakarta clinic. The data were taken from urinalysis test results 23 dogs which suffered crystaluria and stone examination 11 post cystotomy. Most affected breeds Shihtzu, Pug, Mini Pom, Corgi, Miniature Schnauzer, Golden Retri...