CLINICO-THERAPEUTIC STUDIES ON URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN DOGS

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dc.contributor.advisorUsha Narayana Pillai
dc.contributor.authorYOGESHPRIYA S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-15T08:40:27Z
dc.date.available2020-07-15T08:40:27Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe study on “Clinico-therapeutic studies on urinary tract infections in dogs” was conducted in twenty eight dogs. Detailed anamnesis, signalment, clinical signs, general examination, haematobiochemical studies, ultrasonographic and radiographic evaluation, urinalysis, culture, anti-biogram of isolates, clinical response and histopathological studies were conducted. The occurrence of urinary tract infection in this study was 42.42 %. The major clinical signs noted in the study were pyuria, stranguria, haematuria, anorexia, pollakiuria, foul smelling urine or dark yellow urine and emesis. Elevated rectal temperature, respiratory rate and tachycardia were observed on general clinical examination. Urinalysis reveled pale to dark yellow with cloudy to turbid in appearance, normal specific gravity, proteinuria and occult blood, clinically relevant pyuria and bacteriuria, increased numbers of epithelial cells. The most common bacteria isolated from urine sample were E.coli followed by Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Streptococci spp. One isolate of S. aureus was found to be biofilm positive with absorbance value of 1.4 fold times more than mean absorbance value of control. Ultrasonographically, thickness of the urinary bladder was the most common feature. Hyperechoic particles in the urinary bladder, thickened kidney cortex, hyperechoic kidney with reduced corticomedullary distinction and hyperechoic renal pelvis and diffuse increase in echogenicity of prostatic parenchyma were also observed. No changes were recorded in radiographic evaluation. Haematobiochemical changes such as significantly increased ESR values, total leucocyte count and neutrophils values, hypoalbuminemia, significantly lowered A/G ratio and increased urea concentration and serum CRP were observed .The present study revealed weak correlations of CRP concentration with WBC counts and 54 neutrophil counts. No correlation was observed between CRP concentration and albumin in dogs with UTIs. C-reactive protein concentrations were increased with low serum albumin concentrations in many dogs. Strong correlation was observed between CRP concentration and temperature of the dogs with UTIs. The percentage of dogs remaining free from UTI after 10 days in group I and II were 100 and 92.85 respectively. It was concluded that, 1. Clinical examination and urinalysis are the cornerstone for diagnosis of UTI in dogs. 2. Ultrasonography is an effective non invasive diagnostic tool for early diagnosis of UTI. 3. Haematobiochemical results will give some information regarding the degree of infection. 4. Cefpodoxime was found to be more effective than levofloxacin to treat urinary tract infections in dogsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810149161
dc.keywordsCLINICO-THERAPEUTIC STUDIES URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS DOGSen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages54en_US
dc.publisherCOLLEGE OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES-MANNUTHY,THRISSURen_US
dc.research.problemCLINICO-THERAPEUTIC STUDIES ON URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN DOGSen_US
dc.subClinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudenceen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeCLINICO-THERAPEUTIC STUDIES ON URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN DOGSen_US
dc.these.typeM.V.Sc.en_US
dc.titleCLINICO-THERAPEUTIC STUDIES ON URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN DOGSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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