Fat urological syndrome: incidence, nosological structure

Abstract

This article describes the results of a study of 128 cats with urological syndrome. The study was conducted to determine the incidence of this syndrome, its nosological structure, analysis of clinical signs, as well as laboratory data characteristic of this syndrome. The data were obtained from the patients of the clinical branches of the DSTU, Rostov-on-Don, the patients had not been treated anywhere before and were first seen with urological syndrome of cats. A medical history was compiled for all cats, a clinical examination was carried out, and blood and urine were collected for analysis. As a result of the studies, it was revealed that as part of the urological syndrome, idiopathic cystitis of cats occurred in 65% of cases, urinary tract infections in 14% of cats, obstruction of the urethra caused by urethral plugs was observed in 68%, urolithiasis in 28%, and only in In 0.7% of cats, proliferative changes in the urethral tract were noted. In 79% of cats with urological syndrome, it was accompanied by urethral obstruction with different mechanisms of occurrence.