"bacteria crystal"

found in alkaline urine

coffin lid
colorless prism

dumbbell shaped & colorless
alkaline urine
OR
can be round w/ radial striations & yellow-brown

thorn apple or mite shaped

normal in Dalmatians

often in alkaline urine

severe liver dz and porto systemic shunts

amber colored &
needle shaped

breakdown w/
exposure to light

liver dz

extravascular hemolysis

acidic urine

metabolic defect

common in dalmatians,birds,reptiles and animals w/ uroliths

rectangular or rhomboid shaped

"washed-out"