Prevalence of asymptomatic urinary tract infections in morbidly obese dogs

Background. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in dogs and, as in humans, cost of care has increased due to associated comorbidities. In humans, asymptomatic urinary tract infections (UTI) may be more prevalent in the obese. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) is the term used when UTI are asymptoma...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Susan G. Wynn, Angela L. Witzel, Joseph W. Bartges, Tamberlyn S. Moyers, Claudia A. Kirk
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2016-03-01
Subjects:	Obesity Obesity asymptomatic bacteriuria
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/1711.pdf