. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. um of the bladder. This condition may continue for a long reaction of the urine depends on the nature of the bacteria present,and it is generally alkaline but may be acid, as in cystitis produced by thecoli bacilli. Mild cases of cystitis are not diagnosed, but as the diseasecontinues the urine becomes thicker and turbid, and on making a micro-scopical examination of the urine we find numerous pus cells and epi-thelium of the bladder; the urine rapidly loses its acid reaction and soonbecomes neutral or alkaline, and has a strong ammoniacal od
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. um of the bladder. This condition may continue for a long reaction of the urine depends on the nature of the bacteria present,and it is generally alkaline but may be acid, as in cystitis produced by thecoli bacilli. Mild cases of cystitis are not diagnosed, but as the diseasecontinues the urine becomes thicker and turbid, and on making a micro-scopical examination of the urine we find numerous pus cells and epi-thelium of the bladder; the urine rapidly loses its acid reaction and soonbecomes neutral or alkaline, and has a strong ammoniacal odor. Urinefrom an animal in this condition ferments very rapidly and contains num-erous crystals of triple phosphate, ammoniacal phosphate of magnesia,and, in rare instances, uric acid crystals and numerous bacteria.(Fig. 81.) Fever as a rule is present in this disease, but is never intense, but is ofrather an intermittent character. There is also severe depression andloss of appetite. The course of the disease, generally, is rapid, and in. Fig. 81.—Urine of a dog with cystitis, triple phosphate crystals, red and white blood corpuscles, and cystic epithelium. Bacteria. slight cases the animal recovers in a few days; but in acute cases, the acutesymptoms may last for weeks, and then the animal is liable to have relapsesfrom time to time, and if the primary causes such as stone, urethralstricture, paralysis of the bladder continue, the cystitis becomes chief danger in cystitis lies in the possibility of a complication of pye-litis, pyelonephritis, suppuration, paracystitis, etc., and death may finallybe caused by perforation of the necrosed bladder and the animal dies of per-itonitis, gangrene, or uraemia. The most frequent termination of theacute form is into the mild chronic form. In the chronic form the symptoms are much milder, and for a long timethe urine is the only guide to a diagnosis, as it is only in advanced casesthat the animal will show any pain on press
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