Effectiveness of Hypochlorous Acid in Cats with Bacterial Cystitis

Year 2023, Volume: 18 Issue: 3, 107 - 111, 20.12.2023

Abuzer Acar

Abstract

This study was aimed to reveal the efficacy of hypochlorous acid in cats with bacterial cystitis. The animal material of the study consisted of 14 cats of different races, 1-8 years of age, of different sexes, diagnosed with bacterial cystitis as a result of clinical and urine examinations and bacterial urine culture, who applied to Afyon Kocatepe University Veterinary Health Application and Research Centre Internal Diseases Clinic with complaints of lower urinary system disease and diagnosed with bacterial cystitis as a result of the examinations. After the diagnosis of bacterial cystitis, the cats were divided into 2 groups: fluid therapy + enrofloxacin + vitamin C + nitrofurantoin (group I, n = 7) and fluid therapy + enrofloxacin + hypochlorous acid (group II, n = 7). Both groups were treated for 7 days. It was observed that clinical recovery was faster according to the clinical scoring table created in the cats in group II, and bacterial growth in the urine was eliminated more quickly and effectively as a result of urine cultures. As a result, it was concluded that hypochlorous acid is effective in the clinical improvement and elimination of bacteriuria in cats with bacterial cystitis.

Keywords

Cat, cystitis, FIC, hypoclorous acid

Bakteriyel Sistitli Kedilerde Hipokloröz Asidin Etkinliği

Abstract

Bu çalışmada bakteriyel sistitli kedilerde hipokloröz asit etkinliğinin ortaya koyulması amaçlandı. Çalışmanın hayvan materyalini Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Veteriner Sağlık
Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi İç Hastalıkları Kliniğine getirilen ve yapılan muayeneler sonucunda bakteriyel sistit tanısı konan 14 kedi oluşturdu. Bakteriyel sistit tanısı konulduktan
sonra kediler sıvı tedavisi+enrofl oksasin+vi tamin C+nitrofurantoin (grup I, n=7) ve sıvı tedavisi+e nrofloksasin+hipoklo röz asit (grup II, n=7) olmak üzere iki gruba ayrıldı. Her iki gruba 7
günlük tedavi uygulandı. Grup II’deki kedilerde oluşturulan klinik skorlama tablosuna göre klinik iyileşmenin daha hızlı olduğu ve idrar kültürleri sonucunda idrarda bakteriyel üremenin daha hızlı ve etkili ortadan kaldırıldığı gözlendi. Sonuç olarak hipokloröz asidin bakteriyel sistitli kedilerde klinik iyileşme ve bakteriürinin giderilmesinde etkili olduğu kanaatine varıldı.

Keywords

Kedi, sistit, FIC, hipokloröz asit

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