Struvite stones can form when urinary pH rises above 7.2, can fill the renal collection system, and can erode into the renal tissue.
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In the past, surgery has been required to remove struvite uroliths in cats; today, special acidifying low magnesium diets may be used to dissolve sterile struvite stones.
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In the past, surgery has been required to remove struvite uroliths in cats; today, special acidifying low magnesium diets may be used to dissolve sterile struvite stones.
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Long-term build up from the precipitation of struvite and carbonate in the pipes has also needed to be solved by treatment with hydrochloric acid once in five years.
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When the urine pH becomes too alkaline, there is an increased risk of formation of struvite ( also known as magnesium ammonium phosphate ) bladder crystals and / or stones.
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Certain dog breeds are predisposed to struvite stones, including Miniature Schnauzers, Bichon Frises, and Cocker Spaniels . and in ferrets ( pregnant ferrets may be especially predisposed ).
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Cauxin protein from feline urine was reported in 2008 to act as a nucleator for struvite crystals, in an in vivo system containing magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate ions.
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Infection induced urinary stones are a mixture of struvite ( MgNH 4 PO 4 " 6H 2 O ) and carbonate apatite [ Ca 10 ( PO 4 ) 6 " CO 3 ].
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In 1983 the US Food and Drug Administration approved acetohydroxamic acid ( AHA ) as an orphan drug for " prevention of so-called struvite stones " under the newly enacted Orphan Drug Act of 1983.
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Cats with chronic feline lower urinary tract disease caused by struvite crystals or oxalate crystals can be treated with a lifelong diet of a prescription wet or dry food which minimizes the content of the building blocks of the crystals.
