FELINE URETHRAL PLUGS - ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Authors
OSBORNE CA LULICH JP KRUGER JM ULRICH LK BIRD KA KOEHLER LA
Citation
Ca. Osborne et al., FELINE URETHRAL PLUGS - ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice, 26(2), 1996, pp. 233
Citations number
15
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<233:FUP-EA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Feline urethral plugs commonly are composed of large quantities of mat rix mixed with minerals (especially struvite). However, some urethral plugs are composed primarily of matrix, some consist of sloughed tissu e, blood, and/or inflammatory reactants, and a few are composed primar ily of aggregates of crystalline minerals. The formation of matrix-cry stalline urethral plugs may be analogous to the preparation of fruit j ello.