Disease Overview of the Urinary Tract in Exotic Companion Mammals and Tips on Clinical Management

Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2020 Jan;23(1):169-193. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2019.09.003.

Abstract

Diseases of the urinary tract are reviewed, covering infectious (bacterial, viral, parasitic), degenerative, congenital, metabolic, nutritional, neoplastic, obstructive, and toxic causes. Some clinical presentations and diagnostic procedures are described for ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders, as well as therapies.

Keywords: Kidney; Pathology; Renal; Small mammals; Tumors; Urinary bladder; Uroliths; Viral infections.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chinchilla
  • Cricetinae
  • Ferrets
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Hedgehogs
  • Mammals*
  • Marsupialia
  • Mice
  • Pets
  • Rabbits
  • Rats
  • Urologic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Urologic Diseases / pathology
  • Urologic Diseases / therapy
  • Urologic Diseases / veterinary*