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Hyperuricaemia occurs when the uric acid is not removed from the blood and converted to allantoin by the liver, a failure of any one of the steps in the metabolic pathway.   

Hyperuricaemia occurs when the uric acid is not removed from the blood and converted to allantoin by the liver, a failure of any one of the steps in the metabolic pathway.   

In the Dalmatian dog there is impaired urate transport in to the hepatocyte (and also decreased renal reabsorption leading to urate calculi formation).

In the Dalmatian dog there is impaired urate transport in to the hepatocyte (and also decreased renal reabsorption leading to urate calculi formation).

Urate calculi in other breeds are associated with [[Portosystemic Shunt|porto-systemic shunting]].

Urate calculi in other breeds are associated with  

[[Category:Pericardial_Pathology]]

 

[[Portosystemic Shunt|porto-systemic shunting]].

[[Category:To Do - Urinary]]

[[Category:To Do - Medium]]