Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Diet that dissolves struvite bladder stones in cats in 30 days
By Houston, Doreen M et al.·Published in Veterinary therapeutics : research in applied veterinary medicine·2004·Veterinary Medical Diets, Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Evaluation of the efficacy of a commercial diet in the dissolution of feline struvite bladder uroliths.
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Plain-English summary
A group of cats with bladder stones (struvite uroliths) were treated with a special diet designed to lower urine pH and reduce magnesium. Most of the cats showed improvement in their symptoms within about 19 days, and the stones completely dissolved in 31 out of 39 cats in an average of 30 days. For five cats, the stones had to be surgically removed, but they were found to be made of a different material, not struvite. Overall, the diet proved effective in treating struvite bladder stones in cats.
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Abstract
Clinical signs of struvite urolithiasis resolved in an average of 19 days in cats fed either a canned or dry urine-acidifying, magnesium-restricted diet, and stones completely dissolved in 31 of 39 cats in an average of 30 days. Stones were surgically removed from five cats, and analysis revealed that these stones were not composed of struvite. The results of this study strongly suggest that the diet will dissolve naturally occurring feline struvite bladder uroliths.
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