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832 Small Animal Clinical Nutrition

VetBooks.ir Common ages years 9 to 2 years 12 to 5 years 5 to 1 to 6 year, <1 years 10 years 7 to 1 years 10 to 3

Gender predisposition (>80%) Females (>70%) Males (>90%) Males (>55%) Males (>98%) Males (95%) Males

predisposition schnauzer, poodle, Frise, spaniel schnauzer, schnauzer, apso, terrier, poodle, Tzu, Frise bulldog, schnauzer, terrier, Tzu terrier, schnauzer, Tzu bulldog, dachshund, hound, Newfoundland shepherd, retriever, retriever, schnauzer, Charles King

Breed Miniature miniature Bichon cocker Miniature standard Lhasa Yorkshire miniature Shih Bichon Dalmatian, English miniature Yorkshire Shih Yorkshire miniature Shih English basset German golden Labrador miniature cavalier spaniel

abnormalities normocalcemic, occasionally hypercalcemic urea serum and values with portosystemic Occasionally hypercalcemic

Serum None Usually Low nitrogen albumin dogs In hepatic shunts None None

Predictors Radiographic contour round Smooth, faceted or assume May renal of shape ureter, pelvis, urethra or bladder or Rough speculated salt) (dihydrate smooth, Small, round salt) (monohydrate Sometimes jackstone Smooth (occasionally round irregular) oval or or Smooth round irregular, faceted or Smooth (occasionally round irregular) oval or center Round spoke- radial with projections like (jackstone)

Radiographic density 4+ to (sometimes laminated) 4+ to 2+ to 4+ to 2+ to 3+ to

uroliths. 1+ spp.) 2+ 0 2+ 1+ 2+

canine producing (staphylococci, spp., Ureaplasma

common Urine culture Urease- bacteria Proteus Negative Negative Negative Negative Negative

of eight- or shape salt) shape salt) urate) or prisms plates observed
composition Crystal appearance to Three- colorless sided prisms Colorless envelope octahedral (dihydrate or Spindles dumbbell (monohydrate Yellow-brown amorphous shapes (ammonium Amorphous thin long colorless Flat hexagonal None

mineral to to to to in urine) to to

Predicting Urinary pH Neutral alkaline Acidic neutral Acidic neutral Alkaline neutral (brushite forms acidic Acidic neutral Acidic neutral

38-11. types

Table Mineral Magnesium ammonium phosphate Calcium oxalate Urate Calcium phosphate Cystine Silica