Dietary treatment of progressive feline struvite crystalluria
1994; Wiley; Volume: 35; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1748-5827.1994.tb03823.x
ISSN1748-5827
AutoresD. Gevaert, Brecht De Smet, R. O. De Wilde,
Tópico(s)Heterotopic Ossification and Related Conditions
ResumoABSTRACT Eight cats were fed a dry commercial cat food and after six months developed urinary struvite crystalluria with alkaline urine. The animals were subsequently divided into two groups and fed either a dry or a canned struvite calculolytic diet. The crystalluria was reduced after five to six weeks with both treatment diets. Decreased crystalluria coincided with a reduction in urinary pH and an increased titratable acidity. The highest food acid load, determined by the lowest undetermined anion, was found with the dry diet and resulted in the highest renal hydrogen excretion, measured as net acid excretion.
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