Increasing Dietary Potassium Chloride Promotes Urine Dilution and Decreases Calcium Oxalate Relative Supersaturation in Healthy Dogs and Cats
Urine dilution is a strategy used to decrease the risk of crystallization in cats and dogs at risk of urolithiasis. Sodium chloride has been used in prescription diets to effectively promote urine dilution, but the effect of the salt-substitute potassium chloride (KCl) on urine parameters has not be...
Main Authors: | Esther Bijsmans, Yann Quéau, Vincent Biourge |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/6/1809 |
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