Conduta clínica em cães domiciliados, atendidos em serviço veterinário na Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ com suspeita de afecções do trato urinário

Abstract

Modern life and the permanence of domiciled dogs in human dwellings, in one way or another can develop diseases of the urinary tract more often. Thus, the veterinary medical records of 402 dogs aged from months to above 15 years, of both sexes, were all attended in the period from September 2011 to July 2012 in a Veterinary Clinic located at Barra da Tijuca, West Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Only those animals that were evaluated through routine clinical care participated in the study. Of the 402 animals seen in the Veterinary Medical Office, only 5% had clinical diagnosis of urinary tract disease. Chronic renal failure was observed in 2% of the attended animals, and genitourinary secretion was observed in 5% of the dogs examined where the predominance among the animals was normuria in 71% of them, indicating that majority of the diseases of the urinary tract were in their initial phase, followed by 12% of them with polyuria, 5% with oliguria and just 1% of the animals had anuria. Of the tutors of the animals, only 5% were able to inform the Veterinarian about the health conditions of their animals.