TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiologic evaluation of canine urolithiasis in Thailand from 2009 to 2015
AU - Hunprasit, Vachira
AU - Osborne, Carl A.
AU - Schreiner, Pamela J.
AU - Bender, Jeff B.
AU - Lulich, Jody P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - The cross-sectional study described the epidemiology of 8560 canine urolith submissions from Thailand to the Minnesota Urolith Center between January 2009 and December 2015. The frequency of urolith types, the relationships between urolith type and breed, sex, and neutered status, and change of annual submission proportion over the study period were analyzed. Struvite was the most common canine urolith (44%), and was commonly found in intact females with a mean age of 6.3 ± 3.1 years. Calcium oxalate was the second most common (27%), more frequently found in intact males with a mean age of 8.8 ± 3.3 years. Compound, purine, cystine, calcium phosphate, and silica urolith were less common. During the study period, the proportion of struvite urolith significantly decreased from 48% in 2009 to 39% in 2015 (p < 0.001). The proportion of CaOx increased from 21% in 2009 to 32% in 2015 (p < 0.001). The results of this study can help veterinarians predict urolith composition to select diagnostic tests and to initiate therapy prior to urolith removal.
AB - The cross-sectional study described the epidemiology of 8560 canine urolith submissions from Thailand to the Minnesota Urolith Center between January 2009 and December 2015. The frequency of urolith types, the relationships between urolith type and breed, sex, and neutered status, and change of annual submission proportion over the study period were analyzed. Struvite was the most common canine urolith (44%), and was commonly found in intact females with a mean age of 6.3 ± 3.1 years. Calcium oxalate was the second most common (27%), more frequently found in intact males with a mean age of 8.8 ± 3.3 years. Compound, purine, cystine, calcium phosphate, and silica urolith were less common. During the study period, the proportion of struvite urolith significantly decreased from 48% in 2009 to 39% in 2015 (p < 0.001). The proportion of CaOx increased from 21% in 2009 to 32% in 2015 (p < 0.001). The results of this study can help veterinarians predict urolith composition to select diagnostic tests and to initiate therapy prior to urolith removal.
KW - Canine
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Thailand
KW - Urolithiasis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.07.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 28710955
AN - SCOPUS:85022326064
SN - 0034-5288
VL - 115
SP - 366
EP - 370
JO - Research in veterinary science
JF - Research in veterinary science
ER -