Ammomium Urate (Ammonium Biurate) 

 

Urology
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Author : Dr Pierre Hébert

Morphology: brown or yellow-brown and may form spherulites or spheric bodies with long protrusions (thorn apple form).

pH: slightly acidic, neutral, and alkaline urine.

! : observed in animal with porto-systemic shunt and severe hepatic insufficiency. They are commonly found in Dalmatians and English Bulldogs.

 

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