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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Urinary tract Urinary tract

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Red urine
Colourless urine Brown urine

Chromoproteinuria â Haematuria
p. 195

Urine not concentrated Bilirubinuria

Myoglobinuria Haemoglobinuria

Increased proportion of water Normal
in urine Hyperbilirubinaemia (+ to ++ in female dog,
+ to +++ in male dog)

Muscle cell Intravascular
destruction haemolysis

â PD/PU â Icterus – Tap-water enema (cat)
pp. 60–61
Rhabdomyolysis
pp. 14–15 (e.g. hypokalaemia) Myositis Muscle trauma – Hypophosphataemia
(e.g. during the therapy of
diabetic ketoacidosis)
– Immune-mediated
haemolytic anaemia
– Severe babesiosis
– Autoimmune – Zinc intoxication
e.g. eosinophilic – Copper intoxication
myositis, systemic – Onion or garlic intoxication
lupus – Destruction (e.g. DIC, caval
erythematosus) syndrome,
– Toxoplasmosis hemangioendothelioma)
– Hepatozoonosis
(dog)

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