2018 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program: Seattle, Washington, June 14 - 15, 2018

The aim of this study is to characterize cats with BKLK syndrome and to determine the prognostic/progression factors for cats with BKLK syndrome in obstructive and non-obstructive ureter state. First sixteen healthy cats without any abnormality in physical, blood, radiography examinations were collected to define BKLK syndrome. The divergence between kidneys on abdominal ventrodorsal radiograph in these cats ranged from 0.01 to 0.69 cm with a mean of 0.23 ± 0.20 cm. We defined the mean plus two standard deviations (0.63 cm) as the cut-off value. However, considering the observational error during the measurement, exceeding 0.8cm and with the history of CKD more than 2 months was set as the criteria for BKLK syndrome in this study.