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Calculi occur less frequently in cats compared to dogs Struvite

Summary: Calculi occur less frequently in cats compared to dogs Struvite are the most common although as there is more widespread use of diets designed to reduce struvite crystals in the urine other stone types including calcium oxalate and ammonium urate are becoming more prevalent Amorphous urethral plugs of struvite and large amounts of matrix which obstruct the urethra of some male cats are not truly uroliths Struvite uroliths in the cat are usually sterile Struvite uroliths are usually wafer or disc shaped and may be difficult to palpate but are usually radiodense Image Search Content inclusion

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