Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Urolithiasis merupakan salah satu penyebab terjadinya Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD), yaitu penyakit yang mengganggu saluran urinasi pada kucing. Pada studi ini, seekor kucing anggora jantan berumur 2 tahun bernama Tom datang dengan keluhan muntah 2 hari, sulit urinasi dan tidak mau makan. Kucing ini memiliki berat badan 6 kg dengan suhu tubuh 40,5 °C. Pada saat dilakukan palpasi oleh dokter dibagian abdomen, terdapat adanya pembesaran pada vesica urinaria, dan terasa padat dan keras. Untuk penegakan diagnosa dilakukan pemeriksaan ultrasonografi (USG) dan pemeriksaan sedimentasi urine. Hasil pemeriksaan sedimentasi urine menunjukkan adanya kristal struvit dan eritrosit pada kucing, dan hasil USG menunjukkan adanya kristal pada vesica urinaria. Berdasarkan hasil pemeriksaan yang telah dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa kucing Tom mengalami FLUTD. Penanganan yang dilakukan dokter adalah pemasangan kateter dan pemberian obat antibiotik kombinasi amoxicillin-clavulanate, campuran meloxicam dan heptasan, serta peluruh kristal neuprolit. Kucing Tom dinyatakan sembuh setelah 11 hari dilakukan penanganan.
Kata Kunci : Kucing, urothiliasis, FLUTD, urinasi, vesica urinaria

Urothiliasis is one of the causes of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD), a disease that disrupts the urinary tract in cats. In this study, a two-year old angora male cat named Tom had clinical symptoms of vomiting for 2 days, difficulty urinating and loss of appetite. This cat weighed 6 kg with a body temperature of 40.5 °C. When the abdomen was palpated by the veterinarians, there was enlargement of the urinary bladder which was dense and hard. To confirm the diagnosis, an ultrasound examination (USG) and urine sedimentation examination were carried out. The results of the urine sedimentation examination showed the presence of struvite and erythrocyte crystals, and the ultrasound results showed the presence of crystals in the urinary bladder. Based on the results of the examinations, it showed that Tom's cat had FLUTD. The treatments carried out by the veterinarians was the installation of a catheter and administration of the antibiotic drug amoxicillin-clavulanate, meloxicam combined with heptasan, and a neuprolyte crystal dissolver. Tom cat was fully recovered after 11 days of treatment. Keywords : Cat, urolithiasis, FLUTD, urination, urinary bladder