LOWER URINARY UMC 34

TRACT DISEASE URINARY S/O

HIGH DILUTION
STRUVITE
STRUVITE
DISSOLUTION
STRUVITE
DISSOLUTION
DISSOLUTION
INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS STRUVITE
DISSOLUTION
• Urinary S/O High Dilution Feline
effectively dissolves struvite
UHD 34

• Dissolution of struvite uroliths.

• Management of recurrent struvite
• Pregnancy, lactation,
growth.
URINARY S/Ouroliths.

URINE

and calcium oxalate urolithiasis • Chronic renal failure, URINE

DILUTION
URINE
DILUTION HIGH
•  DILUTION
Diluting urine decreases the
metabolic acidosis. DILUTION
urinary concentration of struvites
using a single diet. URINE
DILUTION and calcium oxalates. The larger
• Heart failure.
urinary volume also ensures
• Hypertension. regular bladder wash-out. Actual size
• Use of urine-acidifying
drugs. LOW RSS • Undersaturated urine is an
LOW RSS
LOW RSS environment where crystals cannot
RSS
RSS proliferate. Thus the urine is
LOWRSS
RSS
RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE & FEEDING DURATION unfavourable to the development per 100g
RSS of struvite and calcium oxalate KEY VALUES as fed
crystals.
Cat’s thin normal overweight Protein _______________________________ 34.5g
weight grams cups grams cups grams cups LOW
Fat content ______________________________ 15g
LOW
MAGNESIUM
LOW
MAGNESIUM
• Magnesium is a component of
2kg 4/8 3/8 Carbohydrate __________________________ 28.8g
39 33
Mg
MAGNESIUM
Mg
struvite (magnesium ammonium
NFE _________________________________ 32.8g
3kg 53 5/8 44 4/8 Mg
LOW
MAGNESIUM phosphate) uroliths.
Dietary fibre ____________________________ 6.8g
4kg 65 6/8 54 5/8 43 4/8 Mg Crude fibre _____________________________ 2.8g
5kg 76 7/8 63 6/8 50 5/8 Omega 6 ______________________________ 3.42g
6kg 86 1 72 7/8 57 6/8 Omega 3 ______________________________ 0.71g
COMPOSITION EPA+DHA _____________________________ 0.36g
7kg 96 1 1/8 80 1 64 6/8
Rice, wheat gluten*, dehydrated poultry protein, Calcium _______________________________ 0.9g
8kg 106 1 2/8 88 1 1/8 70 7/8 Phosphorus ____________________________ 0.9g
maize flour, animal fats, maize gluten, minerals,
9kg 115 1 3/8 96 1 1/8 77 1 vegetable fibres, hydrolysed animal proteins, fish Magnesium ___________________________ 0.05g
oil, soya oil, Fructo-Oligo-Saccharides (FOS), Sodium ________________________________ 1.3g
10kg 124 1 4/8 103 1 2/8 83 1
egg powder, hydrolysed crustaceans (source of Potassium _______________________________ 1g
5 to 12 weeks of dietary treatment are required to dissolve struvite uroliths. Chloride ______________________________ 2.38g
glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein).
To avoid recurrence, the diet should be prescribed for a further 6 months minimum, Chondroitin+Glucosamine ______________ 176.5mg
Metabolisable energy** _______________ 385.9kcal
followed by urinalysis. Once the cat has been successfully treated, diets from the VCN Additives (kg)***
range may be recommended. Nutritional additives: Antioxidants
NOTE:
- the wet version of Urinary S/O Feline is recommended for recurrent Vitamin A: 22200IU, Vitamin D3: 500IU, E1 (Iron): 45mg,
Vitamin E _____________________________ 50mg
idiopathic cystitis, E2 (Iodine): 3mg, E4 (Copper): 7mg, E5 (Manganese): 59mg,
Taurine ______________________________ 210mg
E6 (Zinc): 192mg.
- in older cats, renal function should be checked before Urinary S/O high Lutein ________________________________ 0.9mg
Preservatives - Antioxidants.
Dilution is prescribed. *L.I.P. (Low Indigestible Protein): protein selected because of its
***NOTE: Values reflect only levels added to the formula, not those
naturally occurring in components of the diet. For total levels in very high assimilation
Rate of in vitro dissolution the diet, refer to the Average Analysis pages. **Calculated according to NRC2006
Cumulated weight
loss of uroliths (%) of feline struvite uroliths
20
20

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Urinary S/O High Dilution -20

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This product creates an unfavourable environment to creation
rapidly dissolves struvite -40
-40 of oxalate and struvite uroliths in the urine.
uroliths. -60
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In a study conducted at the -80

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Royal Canin Research -100
-100
Centre, struvite uroliths
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Controled diet Days

were dissolved in 17 days. URINARY S/O High Dilution