title: Nutrition and lower urinary tract disease in cats.
abstract: Lower urinary tract disease occurs commonly in cats and is often associated with crystal-related disease. Dietary modification is beneficial in managing some of these diseases, including idiopathic cystitis, urolithiasis, and urethral matrix-crystalline plugs. Altering dietary formulation may result in decreasing urinary concentrations of crystallogenic compounds, increasing urinary concentrations fo crystallogenic inhibitors, and diluting urine composition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4544, USA. jbartges@utk.edu
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bartges
authors.forename: Claudia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kirk
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002415:Cats; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*