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. 2009 Dec;50(12):1263–1268.

Table 1.

Frequency of occurrence of canine uroliths of various composition over the 10-year period 1998 to 2008

Mineral type 1998a 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008b 1998–2008 total numbers
Oxalate 807 1192 1357 1453 1581 1719 1972 2082 2295 2451 1592 18 471
Struvite 1111 1499 1381 1416 1453 1639 1793 1709 1502 1466 934 15 903
Urate 124 143 178 157 161 121 145 119 130 129 95 1502
Calcium phosphate 43 138 81 62 84 91 54 130 102 40 26 851
Silica 24 34 31 34 26 31 20 24 34 17 14 289
Cystine 11 10 11 17 6 12 9 10 16 7 6 115
Xanthine 1 1 2 3 1 5 0 2 3 6 5 29
DSBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Sodium pyrophosphate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 2123 2956 3324 3508 3653 3873 4151 4433 4743 4833 3040 40 637
a

February to December.

b

Data for January to August.