Overview

• Urinary tract disease is less common in cattle than other domestic species.
• However, changes in the chemical and physical characteristics of urine occur in many diseases, e.g. urinary tract disease, hepatic disease, hematological disorders, endocrinopathy, neoplasia, musculoskeletal disease and hepatic encephalopathy.
•  Changes in urine parameters can aid in the diagnosis of some diseases (e.g. babesiosis) and act as a cost-effective screening test in asymptomatic cattle (e.g. ketosis).

Urine collection

Testing urine

Specific diseases that can be assessed with urinalysis

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed Papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Defontis M, Bauer N, Failing K & Mortiz A (2013) Automated and visual analysis of commercial urinary dipsticks in dogs, cats and cattle. Res Vet Sci 94 (3), 440-445.
• Yeruham I, Elad D, Avidar Y & Goshen T (2006) A herd level analysis of urinary tract infection in dairy cattle. Vet J 171 (1), 172-176 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Diver T J & Peek S F (2008) Redhun's Diseases of Dairy Cattle. 2nd edn. Saunders.