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==Differential Diagnoses==
==Differential Diagnoses==
It is important to distinguish haematuria from:
It is important to distinguish haematuria from:
:'''haemoglobinuria and myoglobinuria''': when the urine sample is spun down, the supernatant remains red/brown in colour
:'''haemoglobinuria and myoglobinuria'''. With haemoglobinuria, when the urine sample is spun down, the supernatant remains red/brown in colour. With haematuria a spun urine sample forms a reddish sediment. With myoglobinuria the spun sample appears clearer.
:'''porphyrin pigments in urine''': common in rabbits due to porphyrin pigments in diet, dipstick will differentiate, or porphyrin pigments will fluoresce under a Wood's lamp.
:'''porphyrin pigments in urine''': common in rabbits due to porphyrin pigments in diet, dipstick will differentiate, or porphyrin pigments will fluoresce under a Wood's lamp.
==Causes==
==Causes==