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Canine struvite urolithiasis.
Compendium (Yardley, PA) - 1 Aug 2013
Palma Douglas, Langston Cathy, Gisselman Kelly, McCue John
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Struvite calculi, composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate, have existed for thousands of years in human medicine and are a leading cause of calculi in companion animals. Struvite stones have also been called urease, infection-induced, phosphatic, and triple phosphate stones. They are the most common uroliths in dogs, in which most cases of struvite urolithiasis are associated with infection. Management of...
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