Sentences with phrase «more calcium oxalate crystals»
However, because we've created a more acidic environment in the bladder and haven't resolved the base problem associated with the damp heat, pets have started to develop more calcium oxalate crystals, which thrive in acidic environments.
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But since then, the incidence of calcium oxalate crystals has mysteriously increased until, currently, they make up more than half the cases of FLUTD.
As mentioned below in the Crystal section, struvite crystals are more apt to form in an alkaline urine and calcium oxalate crystals are more apt to form in an acidic urine.
Unfortunately, in trying to «fix» a cat's unnatural alkaline urinary pH — caused by human greed in the first place — pet food manufacturers created even more problems by adding urinary acidifiers in the form of dl methionine, etc., which led to the formation of calcium oxalate (CaO) crystals / stones in many cats.
Calcium oxalate crystals and uroliths are more common today than they were 10 years ago.