Evaluation of trends in frequency of urethrostomy for treatment of urethral obstruction in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 502-505

  Lekcharoensuk, Chalermpol ^a,b   Osborne, Carl A ^a   Lulich, Jody P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; STRUVITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STOMA; UNITED STATES; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CANADA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTOMY; PHOSPHATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URETHRAL DISEASES; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0037103978     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.502     Document Type: Article

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