Epidemiology of canine urolithiasis in the Czech Republic from 1997 to 2002.
OBJECTIVE
To compare data on the epidemiology of canine urolithiasis in the Czech Republic with that from other countries.


METHODS
The records from the Centre for Mineralogical Analysis from 1997 to 2002 were reviewed. The data were obtained from mineralogical analysis of 1366 canine uroliths obtained from patients in the Czech Republic. These included 396 females and 629 males.


RESULTS
Sixty-eight breeds plus crossbreeds were identified. Eight breeds plus the crossbreeds accounted for 71.3 per cent of all cases. Males were affected more frequently than females (61.4 per cent versus 38.6 per cent). Struvites significantly predominated in females, while in males calcium oxalates, brushites and cystines were the most common stones. Most of the uroliths (48.9 per cent) were 5 mm or less in dimension. By 2001, struvite was the most frequent (38.5 to 44.1 per cent) urolith, followed by calcium oxalate (26.5 to 32.0 per cent). In 2002, calcium oxalate became the most frequent calculus, followed by struvite, mixed calculi and others.


CONCLUSIONS
Comparison of these results with studies by other authors showed that for most of the monitored parameters there was agreement with respect to the proportions of different breeds within the populations of dogs in different geographical areas.
Sosnar
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University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1/3, 614 42 Brno, Czech Republic.
Bulkova
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Ruzicka
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D017616:Magnesium Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D000069877:Struvite; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D017616:Magnesium Compounds; D010710:Phosphates; D002129:Calcium Oxalate; D000069877:Struvite