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Update on the Role of Diet in Feline Urolithiasis

(19.06.2004) H. E. Pazak, DVM, PhD and D. P. Laflamme, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVN

In cats, signs of lower urinary tract diseases (LUTD) may occur due to infection, neoplasia, urolithiasis, anatomical defects or inflammation of the urinary tract. Regardless of the etiology of LUTD, clinical signs are similar and can include hematuria, requent urination, apparently painful urination, inability to urinate or urinating outside the litter box. Several studies conducted during the 1970s and 1980s demonstrated that less than 1% of the total cat population would be newly diagnosed with LUTD each year.

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