SURVEY OF FELINES WITH SUF IN A PRIVATE VETERINARY HOSPITAL IN BELÉM-PA, FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 2022 - FELINE MEDICINE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9733112319074

• Palavras-chave: felines, cystitis, urolithiasis, stress, urethra.

• Keywords: felines, cystitis, urolithiasis, stress, urethra.

• Abstract:

  Feline lower tract disease (FLUTD) or feline urological syndrome (FUS) is one of the most recurrent conditions in feline clinics. Its etiology is multifactorial and is characterized by several disorders that affect the feline urinary bladder and urethra, with idiopathic cystitis and urolithiasis as the most common events. The main clinical signs are: hematuria, dysuria, anuria and frequency. The objective of this work was to carry out a data collection of FLUTD cases at the ``Hospital Veterinário Saúde Animal`` from 01/01/2022 to 03/31/2022, a total of 1005 cats being analyzed, of these animals 9% (89/1005) were diagnosed with FLUTD, the prevalence of the disease was 91.01% (81/89) in males and 8.99% (8/89) in females due to the length and diameter of the urethra in males being longer and narrower. The treatment was constituted individually for each animal, being drug, surgical and through the fixation of the urethral tube being this the most accomplished in the animals with the use of 58.43%. The research concluded a high number of recidivist animals with 34.8% and may be related to changes in daily life, changes in food, little water intake and animals subjected to stressful factors.