Ammonium urate in a pughttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/8181/ammonium-urate-in-a-pug I inherited this case: a 2 year old female pug with a history of hematuria. Treated by other vets with short courses of antibiotics, but recurring. Urine results (after a week marbocyl): blood 4+, sp gr 1.018, protein 3+, PH 9.0. Sediment: moderateen-USTelligent Community 10Re: Ammonium urate in a pughttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/37312?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 08 May 2011 23:31:50 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b86df99c-abef-43dd-b190-bb979443c045Rob Loxley<p>Definitely worth a 2nd urine sample to confirm urate crystals, cheap and easy</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Ammonium urate in a pughttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/37302?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 08 May 2011 20:34:12 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:146ccfe2-cb36-4433-baf8-dd849b95cea4Charlotte Marshall<p>I would say that depends on the ultrasonographer. It should be pretty sensitive using ultrasound and less invasive but I have known stones to be missed by people not used to doing scans. Positive contrast radiography should definately show stones of any size.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Ammonium urate in a pughttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/37301?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 08 May 2011 19:47:57 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9ad35f79-2da8-4a01-aad2-f406d91c7027ilanit<p>Thanks, I will try to convince the owners to do the BA stim test (although I am not keeping my hopes up, they are really reluctant to do more tests<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/headbang2.gif" alt="Frustrated" />).</p> <p>With test should be more sensitive to visualize the stones? they did not show on plain x-ray. Ultrasound or positive contrast x-ray?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Ammonium urate in a pughttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/37298?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 08 May 2011 17:36:53 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fc3f9b79-0a58-4de4-85f9-2b436d36841eRachael Winder<p>I would agree completely- have had 2 adult (one of them 5y.o.) dogs in the last year diagnosed with a PSS after urate stones. Neither had any other csx, had grown normally etc , so I&#39;m now wary of assuming no risk of PSS.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Ammonium urate in a pughttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/37294?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 08 May 2011 13:47:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:257def9f-1291-4bea-8c42-4c2ee33f8d6cRob Loxley<p>[quote user=&quot;ilanit&quot;]in a pug with no indication of having a PSS! Any thoughts on this?[/quote]</p> <p>You haven&#39;t yet completely ruled out a PSS though...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>