National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A total of 55 dogs with the lower urinary tract affections were selected during September-2017 to July-2019, comprising dogs having urolithiasis under Group 1A (medicinal dissolution with Ammonium Chloride, n=9), Group 1B (medicinal dissolution with Di Sodium Hydrogen Citrate, n=10), Group 1C (n=25; cystitis, 17; mass in bladder, 8). The dogs under Group 2 (n=10, large uroliths; n=1, lodged catheter in bladder) and Group 3 (n=6, cases failed to medicinal dissolution under Group 1A (n=2) and Group 1B (n=4)) were subjected to surgical management. The mean rectal temperatures were normal with non-significant variation, except in the dogs with cystitis (Group 1C) had low (p<0.05) one. The mean respiration rates were normal, varying non-significantly, except the in the dogs with larger calculi (Group 2) managed surgically. The mean pulse rates were also normal varying non-significantly. The mean Hb, TLC and DLC, ESR, PCV, blood sugar, SGPT, serum creatinine and BUN were normal varying non-significantly on day ‘0’, 10and 20 for all the dogs covered under various treatment groups. Whereas mean platelets count significantly increased in the dogs having cystitis (Group 1C). Dogs with urolithiasis had absence of crystals in 68.97 per cent (20) cases, whereas struvite and calcium oxalate crystals were recorded in 27.58 (08) and 3.44 (1) per cent cases, respectively. The dogs having cystitis had leucocytes and intact RBCs in all the urine samples, with epithelial cells in few cases. The dogs with cystitis and neoplasia (Group 1C), and larger calculi (Group 2) had significant reduction in the mean RBC/hpf in urine. The mean urine protein and WBC/hpf levels on days ‘0’, 10 and 20 in dogs varied non-significantly, except the in the dogs having cystitis (Group 1C) and larger calculi (Group 2). The mean urine bilirubin, urobilinogen, urine ketone levels, pH and specific gravity varied non-significantly. None of the dogs revealed glycosuria and nitritemia.
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