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[Evaluation of a test strip for the determination of urine specific gravity in the dog]. 1995

I K van Vonderen, and H S Kooistra, and J J de Bruijne

Vakgroep Geneeskunde van Gezelschapsdieren, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Utrecht.

The specific gravity of 80 randomly chosen urine samples from healthy dogs without polyuria/polydipsia and from a few dogs with polyuria/polydipsia was measured by refractometry and by test strip method (sg test strip). Urine osmolality and pH were also measured and the urine samples were examined for the presence of glucose. In accordance with earlier observations, there was an excellent correlation between the specific gravity determined by refractory and the osmolality (r = 0.98). The results obtained with the sg test strip correlated poorly with those obtained by refractometry (r = 0.39) and poorly with the osmolality (r = 0.36). In 77.5% of the samples the specific gravity determined with the sg test strip differed by more than 0.005 from that determined by refractometry. After correction of the sg test strip results by +0.005 for urine pH > or = 6.5, this percentage decreased to 60%. The results for the refractometer and sg test strip were significantly different (P < 0.001). These results indicate that the sg test strip investigated is unsuitable for use to determination of the specific gravity of canine urine.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009994	Osmolar Concentration	The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per liter of solution. Osmolality is expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent.	Ionic Strength,Osmolality,Osmolarity,Concentration, Osmolar,Concentrations, Osmolar,Ionic Strengths,Osmolalities,Osmolar Concentrations,Osmolarities,Strength, Ionic,Strengths, Ionic
D011934	Reagent Strips	Narrow pieces of material impregnated or covered with a substance used to produce a chemical reaction. The strips are used in detecting, measuring, producing, etc., other substances. (From Dorland, 28th ed)	Reagent Strip,Strip, Reagent,Strips, Reagent
D012031	Refractometry	Measurement of the index of refraction (the ratio of the velocity of light or other radiation in the first of two media to its velocity in the second as it passes from one into the other).	Refractive Index,Index, Refractive,Indices, Refractive,Refractive Indices
D004285	Dogs	The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065)	Canis familiaris,Dog
D006029	Glycosuria	The appearance of an abnormally large amount of GLUCOSE in the urine, such as more than 500 mg/day in adults. It can be due to HYPERGLYCEMIA or genetic defects in renal reabsorption (RENAL GLYCOSURIA).
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013046	Specific Gravity	The ratio of the density of a material to the density of some standard material, such as water or air, at a specified temperature.	Relative Density,Densities, Relative,Density, Relative,Gravities, Specific,Gravity, Specific,Relative Densities,Specific Gravities