Treatment of obstructive urolithiasis in small ruminants using the technique of cystostomy with placement of a Foley catheter: a case report

Abstract

Urolithiasis in small ruminants is a problem of multifactorial origin, characterized by the presence of deposited uroliths in the urinary tract, which may promote partial or total and often take the animal to death obstruction, requiring in most cases surgical intervention. This study aimed to report a case of obstructive urolithiasis in sheep, Santa Ines, with eight months of age, kept intensively and received food mostly made from concentrate, attended at the Center for Development of Livestock (CDP) of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). After confirmation of urolithiasis, was held as a therapeutic trial, resection of the urethral process, occurring in urination relief. However, three days after performing this procedure, the animal had a recurrence, showing dysuria and strangury, hence the choice of technique cystostomy with placement of a Foley catheter. Instituted to postoperative therapy, with removal of the probe in the sixteenth postoperative day, checking recovery of spontaneous voiding. The use of cystostomy technique with placement of a Foley catheter was successful in the treatment of obstructive urolithiasis in sheep reported.