Prevalence of Cases of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) in Patients Treated at Veterinary Teaching Hospital During 2022

Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

ETIOLOGY Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) includes infl ammatory diseases of the lower urinary tract and non-infl ammatory conditions that cause urination in inappropriate places. Both male and female cats are affected but mostly only male cats develop urethral obstruction. Typical signs in non-obstructed cats include pollakiuria, stranguria, hematuria and urination in inappropriate p...

Dietary Management of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

Multimodal Management of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) is not a single disease but rather an umbrella term for several disorders, the most common being feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC), uroliths and urethral crystalline-matrix plugs. Regardless of the underlying cause, FLUTD is characterised by dysuria (painful or difficult urination), pollakiuria (frequent and/or prolonged attempts to urinate), stranguria...

Recent concepts in feline lower urinary tract disease.

This article presents and discusses recent concepts in feline lower urinary tract disease.

DHA docosahexaenoic acid FIC Feline idiopathic cystitis FLUTD Feline lower urinary tract disease GAG Glycosaminoglycan LT L-tryptophan MPH milk protein hydrolysate QOL quality of life

Case series summary. The effects of a urinary food supplemented with milk protein hydrolysate and L-tryptophan fed for eight weeks in eighteen household cats with feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC) are described. Cat emotional, quality of life (QOL) and taste perception scores were recorded every fortnight, as were feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) signs. Eight cats did not complete the ...