Quantification of Urine Elimination Behaviors in Cats with a Video Recording System
| Autor: | M. Hopfensperger, Robert Malinowski, D. R. Dulaney, J. G. Hauptman, John M. Kruger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty 040301 veterinary sciences Urinary system media_common.quotation_subject Video Recording Urology Urination Urination frequency Standard Article Urine Cat Diseases 0403 veterinary science Chronic kidney disease Feline idiopathic cystitis Cystitis medicine Nephrology/Urology Animals Humans Prospective Studies Renal Insufficiency Chronic Prospective cohort study media_common Video recording CATS General Veterinary business.industry Urination time 0402 animal and dairy science Urination Frequency 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 040201 dairy & animal science Standard Articles Litter box Anesthesia Eliminative Behavior Animal Cats Female SMALL ANIMAL business Behavior Observation Techniques |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1939-1676 0891-6640 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jvim.14680 |
| Popis: | Background Urinary disorders in cats often require subjective caregiver quantification of clinical signs to establish a diagnosis and monitor therapeutic outcomes. Objective To investigate use of a video recording system (VRS) to better assess and quantify urination behaviors in cats. Animals Eleven healthy cats and 8 cats with disorders potentially associated with abnormal urination patterns. Methods Prospective study design. Litter box urination behaviors were quantified with a VRS for 14 days and compared to daily caregiver observations. Video recordings were analyzed by a behavior analysis software program. Results The mean number of urinations per day detected by VRS (2.5 ± 0.7) was significantly higher compared with caregiver observations (0.6 ± 0.6; P < .0001). Five cats were never observed in the litter box by their caregivers. The mean number of urinations per day detected by VRS was significantly higher for abnormal cats (2.9 ± 0.7) compared with healthy cats (2.1 ± 0.7; P = .02); there were no apparent differences in frequency between these groups reported by caregivers (0.7 ± 1.0 and 0.5 ± 1.0, respectively). There were no differences in mean urination time between healthy and abnormal cats as determined by VRS or caregivers. Mean cover-up time determined by VRS was significantly longer in healthy cats (22.7 ± 12.9 seconds/urination) compared with abnormal cats (8.7 ± 12.9 seconds/urination; P = .03); differences in cover-up time were not detected by caregivers. Conclusions and Clinical Importance Caregivers commonly underestimate urination frequency in cats when compared to video-based observations. Video recording appears to facilitate objective assessment of urination behaviors and could be of value in future clinical studies of urinary disorders in cats. |
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