Urolithiasis diagnostics in cats

УДК 619:616.62-003.7-07]636.8
DOI 10.33861/2071-8020-2025-5-53-55

Original Empirical Research

Burmenskaya G. A., Gutova S. A., Fertikh P. V.

Abstract. The article contains information on the consistent conduct of diagnostic studies and diagnosis of urolithiasis in cats, data on seasonality, etiology, age and sexual predisposition to this pathology are indicated. the analysis of the registered diseases of the urinary system is carried out. using the example of clinical cases, the algorithm of observations, instrumental and laboratory analyses in urolithiasis of carnivorous animals is indicated. changes in blood parameters, physico-chemical properties of urine, the result of ultrasound examination of urinary organs, microscopy of urinary sediment and examination of concretions after cystolithotomy are established and presented. recommendations are given for the treatment of urolithiasis using dietary feeds, depending on the type of concretions and the prevention of the appearance of urolithiasis in the organs of education and urinary excretion, with a description of the basic rules for keeping cats.

Keywords: uroconcrements, urine, cats, tests, sediment.

Author affiliation:

Gutova Sofia A., student of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology of the Kuban State Agrarian University named after I. T. Trubilin; 13, Kalinina st., Krasnodar, 350044.

Fertikh Polina V., student of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology of the Kuban State Agrarian University named after I. T. Trubilin; 13, Kalinina st., Krasnodar, 350044.

Responsible for correspondence with the editorial board: Burmenskaya Galina A., Ph. D. in Veterinary Medicine, Docent of the Department of Therapy and Pharmacology of the Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin; 13, Kalinina st., Krasnodar, 350044; e-mail: galburm@yandex.ru.

Authors’ Contribution: the manuscript was written with the input of all authors. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

Conflict of Interest Statement: the authors declare no conflict of interest.