Canine struvite urolithiasis: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics in Mexico
Objective. Identify demographic risk factors and clinical characteristics of struvite urolithiasis (UEs) in a canine population from Mexico. Animals. Dog cases with struvite urolith from the urolith analysis laboratory from 2012-2017. Materials and methods. A comparative cross-sectional study was...
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2022
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| 总结: | Objective. Identify demographic risk factors and clinical characteristics of struvite urolithiasis (UEs)
in a canine population from Mexico. Animals. Dog cases with struvite urolith from the urolith analysis
laboratory from 2012-2017. Materials and methods. A comparative cross-sectional study was
conducted to identify demographic risk factors in dogs with UEs by comparing cases between two
groups. Description of the clinical characteristics, they will be used in clinical data of dogs with UEs.
Statistical analysis included X2 test, odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval (95% CI). Significant
values were considered with p<0.05. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify
association between factors. Results. The UEs frequency was 41.2% and female dogs were greater
odds at for developing this urolithiasis (p<0.05; p <0.001) across all comparison groups, as well as
the small-size animals (p<0.01) with respect to large-sized ones. Associations between a struvite
urolithiasis diagnosis and individual breeds and age were identified. The clinical characteristics found
were urine pH ≥7, specific gravity ≥1.025, presence of moderately radiopacity uroliths ≥30 mm and
solitary into the bladder in female. Recurrence was more frequently between the first and second
year (56.7%). Conclusions: The identification of these demographic factors and the knowledge of
clinical characteristics will allow veterinarians to predict that the urolith composition is struvite and
consider medical dissolution as treatment. |
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