Siliceous urinary calculi in calves: prevention by addition of sodium chloride to the diet.
Urinary calculi were found in all but one of 14 calves given a ration associated with the formation of siliceous calculi. No calculi were found in a similar group of 14 calves given the same ration with sodium chloride added (4 percent). It is suggested that sodium chloride prevented calculus formation by in creasing water intake and urine volume, with a consequent reduction in the con-centration of silicic acid in the urine
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004035:Diet Therapy; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000517:prevention & control*
D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012822:Silicon Dioxide