RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS OF THE 28th ECVIM-CA CONGRESS

A cross‐sectional study was carried out at the University Hospital for Companion Animals, Copenhagen, from October 2015 to March 2018. Cats ≥ 6 years presenting for causes unrelated to the lower urinary tract were eligible for enrolment. Body Condition Scoring (BCS) was performed on a 9‐point scale with overweight being defined as BCS ≥6 and obesity as BCS ≥ 8. Urine was collected by cystocentesis and subjected to aerobic bacterial culture. The correlation between presence of SB and the variables sex, healthy/ill, age and BCS category was analyzed by binominal logistic regression. The study population consisted of 152 cats (72 females and 80 males) aged 6‐18 years (median 10), of which 58 were healthy, and 94 were diseased. Fifty‐nine cats scored as overweight and, among those, 14 as obese.