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| Struvite Crystals, FLUTD, Canine Struvite Urolithiasis, | | | | simultaneously creating optimal health for your pet by |
| Bladder Stones | | | | mimicking the natural/archetypal diet. This fosters an |
| Understanding the causes.Struvite crystals, bladder | | | | acidic body environment, which will aid in both the |
| stones and urinary disease syndromes are examples | | | | treatment and prevention of struvite crystals, bladder |
| of nutritionally influenced disease conditions. As is the | | | | stones, FLUTD, and canine urolithiasis. |
| case with many domestic animal diseases, it is | | | | In spite of common opinion, the magnesium content |
| important to note that canines and felines in the wild | | | | of natural foods is not an etiological factor in FLUTD |
| that consume a natural raw diet do not experience | | | | (Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease) and canine |
| struvite crystals and urolithiasis to any degree. | | | | urolithiasis unless it is added in the form of excess |
| Domestic animals on the other hand, which are fed a | | | | magnesium oxide rather than magnesium chloride. |
| diet of highly processed denatured, starch-based, | | | | Animals in the wild maintain an acid urine and freedom |
| synthetic products, succumb to struvite crystals, | | | | from struvite crystals, bladder stones, FLUTD, and |
| bladder stones, and urolithiasis in large numbers. | | | | canine and feline urolithiasis, yet the foods consumed |
| There are two primary causes for this disparity in | | | | by wild canines/felines contain higher levels of |
| disease incidence: | | | | magnesium (0.1%) than suggested by some pet food |
| •Domestic animals are fed an | | | | manufacturers.var so = new |
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| enzymes, and probiotics consumed by wild canines | | | | Treatment and Prevention of Struvite Crystals, |
| and felines. This, plus overfeeding, creates an | | | | FLUTD, Canine Struvite Urolithiasis, Bladder Stones |
| unhealthy physiological environment in which disease | | | | Revert the diet to its natural form. |
| can take root. | | | | The diet pet carnivores are designed for is |
| •Conventional pet foods are | | | | meat-based. It is not by coincidence that high protein |
| unnatural in that they are denatured by heat, | | | | foods naturally generate a more acidic urine which |
| imbalanced in minerals, and laden with starches and | | | | prevents the development of struvite crystals and |
| carbohydrates (in far greater quantities than would | | | | bladder stones. |
| ever be consumed in the wild). This yields a more | | | | Â |
| alkaline urine, which causes the precipitation and the | | | | To combat the formation of struvite crystals, |
| development of struvite crystals, bladder stones and | | | | FLUTD, bladder stones and Urolithiasis seek out high |
| urolithiasis disease. | | | | meat protein, low carbohydrate natural (preferably |
| The frequency with which companion animals fall | | | | raw) foods which resemble the natural canine and |
| victim to urinary disease syndromes is astounding. | | | | feline diet. |