Surgical excision with chemotherapy is a commonly used treatment modality to treat canine mammary tumor (CMT), but it is unclear whether different treatment modalities may have similar efficacies and toxicities. The objective of this clinical study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of...

AIMS: To retrospectively describe clinical features of dogs that were presented to a small animal clinic between 2003-10 with macroscopic haematuria, and investigate whether signalment of the dog and severity and duration of the haematuria at admission were associated with specific aetiologies....

Objectives: Sterile haemorrhagic cystitis (SHC) occurs in up to 25% of dogs receiving cyclophosphamide; with severe morbidity in <5%. There is no validated treatment. Intravesical instillation of DMSO is an FDA approved treatment for human interstitial cystitis and has been reported in five dogs with SHC. The primary aim of the study was to report outcomes for dogs with SHC treated with intravesical instillation of DMSO. Methods: Case notes for dogs with a...

Hematuria can be undetectable on gross examination of urine samples, or the red blood cells (RBCs) can impart a variety of colors to urine and must be distinguished from other components that discolor urine. This study was conducted in the Universita Degli Studi Di Perugia, Dipartimento Di...

Objective: To determine the effect of urine-specific gravity (USG) on using microscopic evaluation of bacteriuria to predict urine culture results in dogs and cats. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective medical record review of canine and feline patients that had a urinalysis and...

Emphysematous cystitis is an extremely rare, complicated urinary tract infection with the presence of gas in the bladder wall and lumen caused by gas-producing bacterial infections. A 7-year-old spayed female pomeranian dog was presented with a 3-day history of hematuria and pollakiuria (case 1),...

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis is a complex vector-borne disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum. In urban centers of South America, where this zoonotic cycle occurs, dogs seem to be the main reservoirs and infection sources. Animals with canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) may have ...

The present report aims to describe a clinical case of a 10-year-old sterilized female whippet, who had a history of persistent hematuria for months, with subsequent diagnosis of MTPNS as the cause of hematuria. Case: The patient came for evaluation with a history of persistent hematuria....

This paper reports on two cases of laparoscopic nephrotomy employed in the treatment of canine dioctophymosis, which is considered a unusual procedure and a new treatment proposal heretofore not performed in veterinary medicine. Two patients were treated, one with a history of hematuria and the...

This paper briefly reviews the basic definitions of hematuria, the common causes and the prevalence of this symptom on dogs and cats. This study was conducted in the Clinic of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the period between 1.10.2016-1.02.2017 using IDEXX UA dipstick, IDEXX VetLab UA,...