Prescription Diet™ s/d™ Canine

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Prescription Diet™ s/d™ Canine

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CANINE UROLITHS

370 g

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Not recommended for

Cats
Puppies
Pregnant or lactating bitches
First 1-2 weeks after surgery
Dogs concurrently receiving urinary acidifiers
Feeding for longer than 6 months, without monitoring plasma protein and acid-base status (because of low protein content and urine acidifying properties).
Dogs with non-struvite uroliths
Dogs with heart failure, hypertension, kidney disease or liver disease
Dogs with hyperlipidaemia or pancreatitis, or at risk of pancreatitis

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The transition to feeding s/d™ Canine should ideally take a period of 7 days.
Monitor the urine and control urinary tract infection throughout dissolution. Urinary pH will increase if infection with urease-producing bacteria is not eliminated. Urinary pH must be continuously acidic for successful dissolution.
Dogs fed foods with a restricted protein content commonly exhibit unusual laboratory values, e.g. it is not ncommon to find a urinary specific gravity below 1.020 and a plasma/serum urea value less than 1.7 mmol/l (10mg/dl).

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After successful dissolution (or surgical removal) of struvite uroliths: feed Prescription Diet™ c/d™ Canine (or Prescription Diet™ w/d™ Canine if prone to being overweight) long term to reduce the recurrence of struvite urolithiasis.
To control non-struvite uroliths:
Prescription Diet™ u/d™ Canine.

KEY FEATURES³		KEY BENEFITS
Magnesium, Phosphorus Protein	Reduced	Decreases urinary concentration of struvite constituents, magnesium, ammonium and phosphate.
Energy	Increased	Reduces food intake and thereby mineral intake.
Sodium	Increased	Increases urine volume to decrease urinary concentration of struvite-forming constituents
Target urinary pH	Acid: pH 5.9 - 6.3	Increases the solubility of struvite
Vitamin E Beta-carotene	High	Neutralises free radicals to help combat urolithiasis. Vitamin C is not supplemented because it is a precursor of oxalate and may increase the risk of calcium oxalate formation with diets for struvite dissolution.