Siliceous Urinary Calculi in Calves: Prevention by Addition of Sodium Chloride to the Diet
- 10 February 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 155 (3763) , 696-697
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3763.696
Abstract
Urinary calculi were found in all but one of 14 calves given a ration associated with the formation of siliceous calculi. No calculi were found in a similar group of 14 calves given the same ration with sodium chloride added (4 percent). It is suggested that sodium chloride prevented calculus formation by increasing water intake and urine volume, with a consequent reduction in the concentration of silicic acid in the urine.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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