Canine health diet

A comestible, which when fed to a small breed canine animal results in a urine specific gravity of 1.025 or below, for use in preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in said canine animal.

A method of preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in a canine animal, comprising feeding to said canine animal a comestible comprising the following ingredients in the ranges indicated:

• 17 Nutrient g/400 kcal Calcium 0.65-1.3 Phosphorus 0.5-1.2 Magnesium from 0.04 Potassium from 0.5 Sodium 0.6-1.2

A method of preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in a small breed canine animal, comprising feeding to said canine animal a comestible which results in said canine animal having a urine specific gravity of 1.025 or below.

The use of a comestible in preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in a canine animal, wherein the comestible comprises the following ingredients in the ranges:

• 18 Nutrient g/400 kcal Calcium 0.65-1.3 Phosphorus 0.5-1.2 Magnesium from 0.04 Potassium from 0.5 Sodium 0.6-1.2

The use of a comestible, which when fed to a small breed canine animal results in a urine specific gravity of 1.025 or below in preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in said canine animal.

The use of the following ingredients in the ranges indicated:

• 19 Nutrient g/400 kcal Calcium 0.65-1.3 Phosphorus 0.5-1.2 Magnesium from 0.04 Potassium from 0.5 Sodium 0.6-1.2
• in the manufacture of a comestible for use in preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in a canine animal.

The use of ingredients in the manufacture of a comestible, which when fed to a small breed canine animal results in urine specific gravity of 1.025 or below for use in preventing the initial occurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in said canine animal.