urinary problems: causes

Question 1

• Ascending bacterial infection
• Predisposing factors
• Systemic disease
• Immunosuppression
• Conformational abnormalities

Answer 1

Urinary Tract Infection

Question 2

• Urolithiasis

* Idiopathic cystitis - urinary tract infection

Answer 2

Lower Urinary Tract Disease (LUTD)

Question 3

• Unknown
• Factors that play a role in crystal and calculi formation
- concentration of constituent minerals in urine
- urine retention
- urine pH

Most common urolith types in cats
• Struvite (magnesium-ammonium-phosphate)
• Calcium oxalate

Answer 3

Feline Urolithiasis

Question 4

• Toxicity (ethylene glycol, aminoglycosides)
• Glomerulonephritis
• Infection
• Hemoglobinuria

Answer 4

acute Renal Failure

- caused by a sudden major injury

Question 5

(caused by) progressive loss of functional renal tissue

Answer 5

chronic Renal Failure