FELINE LOWER URINARY-TRACT DISORDERS - DEFINITION OF TERMS AND CONCEPTS

Authors
OSBORNE CA KRUGER JM LULICH JP
Citation
Ca. Osborne et al., FELINE LOWER URINARY-TRACT DISORDERS - DEFINITION OF TERMS AND CONCEPTS, The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice, 26(2), 1996, pp. 169
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
01955616
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-5616(1996)26:2<169:FLUD-D>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Lower urinary tract disorders of male and female cats may be caused by a variety of fundamentally different causes. The term Feline urologic syndrome should be abandoned and substituted with descriptive etiopat hogenic terms whenever possible. If the underlying cause cannot be ide ntified, the term Idiopathic lower urinary tract disease is recommende d.