E.R.D.-HealthScreen Urine Tests

The E.R.D.-HealthScreen® Urine Tests detect small amounts of albumin in the urine ("microalbuminuria"). Microalbumin (MA) has been clinically defined as levels of albumin in the urine grater than normal (1mg/dL) and less than overt protenuria (30mg/dL) at a standardised specific gravity of 1.010.

Conventional urine tests (urine specific gravity, BUN, creatinine) don't detect kidney damage until - 75% of kidney function is lost.

NOW YOU CAN DETECT EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF KIDNEY DAMAGE - EARLIER.

Benefits:

• Detects albumin at a sensitivity of up to 30 times higher than conventional dipsticks.
• Alterts you to the presence of kidney damage that could be caused by many common inflammatory, infectious, metabolic and neoplastic diseases.
• Excellent monitoring tool that indicates the severity of disease, treatment success and progression of kidney damage.

Features:

• Quick results in less than 5 minutes, allowing additional blood/urine sampling if needed while the patient is still present.
• Extremely accurate - no false results.
• Semi-quantitative. Shows negative, low, medium, high and very high positive test results.

When should you use the test?

• Breeds at risk for hereditary / familial renal disease (early age).
• Part of a prophylactic health maintenance program.
• Dogs greater than 6 years old.
• Cats greater than 8 years old.
• Anytime you have reason to evaluate a CBC, serum biochemistry profile, and UA follow up as indicated by previous results.

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Inaccuracy of routine creatinine measurement in canine urine.