Exploratory Animal and Medical Research (Jun 2017)

ANALYSIS OF MINERAL COMPOSITION OF CANINE UROLITHS - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

  • P. Siva Parvathamma,
  • Jayakrushna Das,
  • Sadananda Nayak,
  • Tapan Kumar Pattanaik,
  • U. K. Mishra,
  • P.C. Behera,
  • K.K. Sardar

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 39 – 41

Abstract

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Twenty six cases were studied for analysis of uroliths surgically retrieved from canine of different age, sex, body weight, geographical location and nutritional status. The uroliths were quantitatively analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometric analysis (AAS), Flame photometry and calcium and phosphorus estimation. The struvite stones were found to be more predominant in number, than other type of uroliths.

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