Assessing some urinary system diseases and treatment efficacy in cats at some clinics in Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

This study was conducted on 480 cats to identify some risk factors and symptoms in cats with urinary tract diseases through image diagnosis, clinical and paraclinical examination methods and evaluate treatment effectiveness. The research results showed that the rate of cats with urinary diseases was
6.46%. Factors, such as: breed group, age, sex, type of food and amount of water used, all were related to the rate of cat's urinary diseases. The rate of urinary diseases in the exotic cats (9.96%) was higher than that of the indigenous cats (2.93%), in the female cats (9.95%) was higher than in the male cats
(3.94%), cats over 5 years old had the highest rate of urinary disease (10.5%) and cats under 2 years old infected with the lowest rate of urinary disease (3.16%), cats ate seeds and dried food infected with the highest rate of urinary disease (61.29%) and cats ate rice and meat infected with lowest rate of
urinary disease (16.13%), cats drank more water infected with lowest rate (16.13%) of urinary diseases in comparison with cats drank little water (83.87%). Clinical examination results showed that cats with  urinary disease often had urinary retention (41.94%), bloody urine (19.35%), pale mucous membranes,
vomiting, and fatigue (>35%). The tested result of blood physiology showed that white blood cell count increased (15/31), red blood cell count decreased (6/31), hemoglobin decreased (9/31), hematocrit  decreased (13/31) and platelet count decreased (9/31). The treatment efficacy for cats with urinary
disease were quite high (74.19%) and symptoms were reduced (19.35%).