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Table 1 Urinalysis and urinary culture

From: Evaluation of the vaginal and urinary microbiota of healthy cycling bitches

Beagle

Phase

Dipstick

Specific gravity

Sediment

Urinary culture

1

Proestrus

pH 7

1,016

negative

negative

2

pH 7, proteins +

1,005

negative

negative

3

pH 6

1,014

negative

 

4

pH5

1,018

negative

negative

5

pH 7

1, 024

negative

negative

6

pH5, proteins +

1,04

negative

negative

7

pH 8

1,015

negative

negative

8

pH 6,5, blood +, bilirubin +

1,024

negative

negative

9

pH5, blood ++, bilirubine +, proteins +

1,024

Epithelial cells and Erythrocyts

negative

10

pH 6, proteins +

1,03

Epithelial cells

negative

1

Estrous

pH 6

1,016

negative

negative

2

pH 7, proteins++

1,027

negative

80% Streptococcus infantarius, 20% E. Coli

3

pH 7, blood +

1,024

Epithelial cells and extracellular bacteria

100% Lactobacillus gasseri

4

pH 5

1, 022

negative

negative

5

pH 7

1,014

Epithelial cells

negative

6

pH5 +, proteins +

1,027

negative

negative

7

pH 5

1,024

negative

negative

8

pH 8

1,008

negative

negative

9

pH 5, blood +, proteins ++

1,02

Erythrocyts

negative

10

pH 7 proteins +

1,032

negative

negative

1

Diestrus

pH7, blood+, bilirubin +, proteins +

1,026

negative

negative

2

pH 6, bilirubin +, proteins +

1,027

negative

100% Enterococcus hirae

3

pH 5

1,028

negative

negative

4

pH 5

1, 022

negative

negative

5

pH 8

1,012

negative

negative

6

-

-

-

negative

7

pH 6,5, proteins +

1, 024

negative

negative

8

-

-

-

negative

9

pH6, proteins +

1,014

negative

negative

10

pH 6

1,034

Epithelial cells

negative

1

Anestrus

pH 7

1,018

negative

negative

2

pH 8, proteins ++

1,01

negative

negative

3

pH 6, proteins+

1,032

negative

negative

4

pH 5, proteins ++

1, 022

negative

negative

5

pH 7

1,017

negative

negative

6

pH 4,5, proteins +

1, 020

negative

negative

7

pH 6,5, proteins +

1,028

Erythrocyts

negative

8

pH 5

1,02

negative

negative

9

pH 5

1,02

negative

negative

10

pH 6,5 Proteins +

1,048

negative

negative