Risk factors associated with calcium oxalate urolithiasis in dogs evaluated at general care veterinary hospitals in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 217-228

  Okafor, Chika C ^a   Lefebvre, Sandra L ^b   Pearl, David L ^a   Yang, Mingyin ^b   Wang, Mansen ^b   Blois, Shauna L ^a   Lund, Elizabeth M ^b   Dewey, Cate E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Banfield Pet Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Incidence; Lower urinary tract stones; Non specific controls; RBC; Risk factors; SD; Urinalysis specific controls; Urolithiasis; UTI; Veterinary hospital; WBC

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CALCIUM OXALATE;

AGE; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; URINE; UROLITHIASIS; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM OXALATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84901826089     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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