Survey of defecation habits in apparently healthy and chronic kidney disease cats
| Autor: | Jessica M Quimby, Sierra M Adams, Sarah Jones, Sarah Caney, Adam J. Rudinsky, Stacie C Summers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Constipation 040301 veterinary sciences 030232 urology & nephrology Cat Diseases 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Feces 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Animals Renal Insufficiency Chronic Small Animals Defecation CATS Behavior Animal business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease Diarrhea Litter box Cats medicine.symptom business Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 24(2) |
| ISSN: | 1532-2750 |
| Popis: | Objectives Changes in bowel movements (BMs) are an important clinical sign in many diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the purpose of this study was to collect information on BMs and fecal scores in both apparently healthy and CKD cats. A secondary aim was to assess owner awareness of BM frequency. Methods Owners were asked to complete an initial online questionnaire about their cat’s health and litter box habits (including predicted BM frequency and fecal scores) and were then asked to clean the box daily for 7 days and report results (observed frequency of BMs and fecal scores) daily. Differences in BM frequency and fecal scores between apparently normal and CKD cats were compared using the Mann–Whitney test, and predicted vs observed data were compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Difference in percentage of cats defecating more or less than once daily were assessed with Fisher’s exact test. Results Survey data from 124 owners of apparently healthy cats and 43 owners of CKD cats who submitted two or more days of daily observations (in addition to the initial questionnaire) were analyzed. Eighty-five percent of apparently healthy cats were observed to defecate one or more times per day and 15% defecated less than once per day. Fifty-eight percent of CKD cats defecated one or more times per day and 42% defecated less than once per day. A significantly higher percentage of CKD cats defecated less than once per day in comparison with apparently healthy cats ( P Conclusions and relevance The observed BM frequency of cats with CKD was less than apparently healthy cats and represents a clinically important variation from normal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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