Study on the histopathological findings of lower urinary tract disease of cats

Shin, Sa-kyeng; Miyahara, Kazuro; Satu, Motoyosi; Kim, Sang-keun; Hirose, Tsuneo

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1995;35(4):785-791.

Sa-kyeng Shin¹, Kazuro Miyahara¹, Motoyosi Satu¹, Sang-keun Kim², Tsuneo Hirose¹

¹Dept. of Vet Med, Obihiro Univ of Agr and Vet Med
²College of Vet Med, Chungnam National University

고양이 하부요로(下部尿路) 질환(疾患)의 병리학적(病理學的) 소견(所見)에 관한 연구(硏究)

신사경¹, 미야하라카즈로¹, 사투모요요시¹, 김상근², 히로세쓰네오¹

¹대광축산대학 수의학과 수의림상방사선학교실
²충남대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

The kidney, heart and lung were examined of cats fallen sick lower urinary tract disease(LUTD). There cases typically clinical findings were urinary retention, hematuria, dehydration, cytoplegia and uremia. It is believed that these histopathological and clinical findings resulted from the struvite crystal thrombus in ureter. But we have many factors of an unsolved problem on LUTD. Accordingly, this LUTD demands to process of pathological diposition.

Key Words: LUTD, urinary retention, hematuria, dehydration, cytoplegia, uremia