Rods In Dog Urine

Confirmed with a microscopic urine sediment examination see figure 1.

Rods in dog urine.

Chemical estimations of leukocytes are invalid in cats and only occasionally valid in dogs on urine dipsticks so they must always be confirmed cytologically. In dogs recurrent utis are due to a different strain or species of bacteria 80 of the time. Active urinary sediment demonstrating bacteriuria and increased white blood cells. Additionally female dogs are more susceptible to bacterial infections of the lower urinary tract than males.

Your dog needs to go on some type of fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as baytril zeniquin or cipro. Blood in urine hematuria cloudy or malodorous urine. However if rods are seen in the urine sediment of neutral or acidic urine e coli klebsiella spp enterobacter spp pseudomonas spp the antimicrobial sensitivity of the infecting organism is likely to be less predictable. It is pretty severe.

Some dogs with bacterial infections of the lower urinary tract may not show any signs but many more do. These are needed to get the best chance of getting rid of the infection. With 21 to 50 wbc and rod bacteria these are usually big red flags in an urinary tract infection bladder infection. Therefore antimicrobial culture and susceptibility is still indicated.

A few of the more common signs include.