Dog’s Urinary Tract Infection Causes And Treatment
A dog’s urinary tract infection is usually caused by bacterial infection. Urinary tract infections in dogs commonly causes difficulty urinating and pain during urination.
Urinary tract infections are much more common in cats than dogs. Male dogs are less likely to get urinary tract infections than female dogs because their urethras are longer which means bacteria has to travel farther to infect the bladder.
Cats are more likely to get urinary tract infections than dogs. Female dogs are more susceptible to urinary tract infections because their urethra’s are much smaller than the males’which means it bacteria is more likely to migrate to the bladder.
A dog’s urinary tract infection can cause the dog’s urine to contain pus, crystals, or blood. Some other symptoms of urinary tract infections include lower back pain, increased thirst, and increased volume and frequency in urination. A urinary tract infection may decrease the dog’s ability to hold its urine which can cause accidental urination in the house.
When diagnosing a urinary tract infection in dogs, the veterinarian may do a rectal exam. This allows the veterinarian to feel the dog’s urethra. The veterinarian is likely to press on the dog’s abdomen to feel the bladder and take a urine sample for analysis.
The urinary tract infection could be an upper urinary tract infection or lower urinary tract infection. Kidney functioning can be negatively affected by upper urinary tract infections. Lower urinary tract infections do not usually affect the kidneys.
Antibiotics are usually used to treat a dog’s urinary tract infection. The veterinarian uses information from the analysis of the urine sample to determine which antibiotic would be the most effective to treat the infection.
If the dog does not receive the proper amount and duration of the antibiotics, it can cause the antibiotic to be an effective in eliminating the infection. The antibiotics may also be unsuccessful if there is an underlying condition that has caused the urinary tract infection.
Some dog diseases can make a dog susceptible to urinary tract infections such as diabetes mellitus or Cushing’s disease. Some medications and abnormalities of the dog’s anatomy can also make the dog prone to urinary tract infections.
Other dog diseases may be responsible for causing the symptoms. The symptoms of a urinary tract infection could because by bladder cancer or bladder stones. Bladder cancer and bladder stones can make the dog prone to urinary tract infections.
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