Urological Disorders of the Dog and Cat
Investigation, Diagnosis and Treatment

Peter E. Holt, BVMS, PhD, ILTM, DipECVS, CBiol, FIBiol, FRCVS
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, UK

This book’s aim is to provide veterinary practitioners and trainees with a concise, systematic guide to urological disorders affecting dogs and cats.

The author focuses first on assessment of the patient and the main investigative techniques to reach a diagnosis. He then deals with the differential diagnosis, causes and treatment of conditions ranging from prostate disorders and trauma to all types of urinary incontinence, including urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence. Reflecting clinical practice and to assist the diagnostic process, conditions are grouped and discussed under their main presenting signs.

The book is fully referenced and illustrated throughout by colour photographs, imaging, and diagrams of the highest quality.

Short contents

Part 1. Investigation of animals with urological signs

1. Clinical assessment
2. Radiographic investigations, Plain films, Intravenous urography, Retrograde, positive contrast vagino-urethrography, Retrograde positive contrast urethography, Cystography
3. Other diagnostic aids, Ultrasonograpy, Urethral catheterisation, Centesis, Cytology, Biopsy techniques, Blood and urine analyses, Urodynamics, Endoscopy

Part 2. Differential diagnosis and treatment

4. Non-prostatic dysuria
5. Prostatic disorders
6. Urinary tract trauma
7. Other causes of haematuria
8. Urinary incontinence, Urinary Incontinence in Juvenile Animals, Urinary Incontinence in Adult Animals, Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence

References and further reading

Index