Mike Has Just Returned Home from College for the Summer

question 10

Multiple Choice

Mike has just returned home from college for the summer and notices that his 8-year-old Dalmatian dog Patches is limping and has difficulty walking up and down stairs.When Mike takes Patches to the vet,the vet recommends that Mike put him on a low-purine diet.This dietary change will lessen the formation of painful precipitates of ________ in Patches' joints.

• A)adenine and guanine
• B)ammonia
• C)uric acid
• D)urea
• E)NaCl

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