Evaluation of urine specific gravity and urine sediment as risk factors for urinary tract infections in cats

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Bailiff, Nathan L ^a   Westropp, Jodi L ^a   Nelson, Richard W ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^a   Owens, Sean D ^a   Kass, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Chronic kidney disease; Escherichia coli; Hyperthyroid; Pyuria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; RELATIVE DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52649144243     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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