Urolithiasis in dogs. I. Mineral prevalence and interrelations of mineral composition, age, and sex

• Published in: American journal of veterinary research Vol. 59; no. 5; p. 624
• Main Authors: Ling, G.V. (University of California, Davis, CA.), Franti, C.E, Ruby, A.L, Johnson, D.L, Thurmond, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1998
• Subjects: AGE; AGE DIFFERENCES; Age Distribution; Animals; BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; BLADDER; CHIEN; CONTENIDO MINERAL; Crystallography - methods; DIFERENCIAS BIOLOGICAS; DIFFERENCE BIOLOGIQUE; Dog Diseases - epidemiology; DOGS; EDAD; Female; KIDNEYS; Male; MINERAL CONTENT; Minerals - analysis; Odds Ratio; PERRO; Prevalence; Recurrence; REIN; RINONES; SEX; Sex Distribution; SEXE; SEXO; TENEUR EN ELEMENTS MINERAUX; URETER; URETERE; URETHRA; URETRA; URETRE; Urinary Calculi - chemistry; Urinary Calculi - epidemiology; Urinary Calculi - veterinary; UROLITHIASE; UROLITHIASIS; UROLITIASIS; VEJIGA; VESSIE

To compile and statistically analyze selected data from a large number of canine urinary calculi. 11,000 specimens: 5,781 from female dogs, 5,215 from male dogs, and 4 from dogs of unrecorded sex. Records were used to compile information from all canine calculi analyzed between July 1981 and January...