Not exact matches
Certain types of
stones are more amenable to this form of fragmentation (calcium oxalate
stones are especially amenable while
urate stones,
for example, are not).
Fortunately,
for Domino and his owner,
urate stones can be dissolved on an outpatient basis using medical treatment (in this case allopurinol and diet).
Aussies are subject to
urate stones, another inherited kidney disorder and one
for which there is a DNA test.
While accounting only
for about 6 percent of all urinary bladder
stones found in dogs,
urate crystals have been shown to respond very well to low - protein diets especially those that come with natural acidifiers like cranberries.
There is a test
for hyperuricosuria (
urate bladder
stones).
So to your specific question: the majority of requests originate from the owner seeking a homemade diet
for a sick pet, second most common request is from vets
for a patient that will not eat the prescribed therapeutic commercial food (or the O refuses to feed the therapeutic diet) or
for whom there is no commercial option, such a low fat, renal diet that also helps to prevent
urate stones.