Page 128 - Aussie Magazine - 2023 Issue 2

Health

Hyperuricosuria

(HUU) –

important

DNA testing

Hyperuricosuria is a disease characterised by excessive
excretion of uric acid into the urine, leading to formation of uric
acid stones. In affected dogs, uric acid does not dissolve easily

in urine and accumulates. The excessive amount of uric acid
forms crystals which lead to urinary calculi (stones), which may

require surgery.

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