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. 2020 Feb 26;34(2):790–796. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15728

Table 2.

Dog data for the RUTI population divided by sex and neuter status

Dog data Total females (n = 48) Intact females (n = 8) Spayed females (n = 40) Total males (n = 5) Intact males (n = 3) Neutered males (n = 2) Total
Mean age (years) 3.9 0.8 4.5 1.2 0.7 2 3.6
Clinical signs 53 (100%)
Pollakiuria 32 6 26 4 2 2 36 (70%)
Hematuria 23 2 21 23 (43%)
Dysuria/stranguria 15 1 14 15 (25%)
Urinary incontinence 25 5 20 5 3 2 30 (57%)
Peri‐genital licking 21 4 17 2 1 1 23 (43%)
Hooded vulva 33 (69%) 5 28
Anomalies 41 (85%) 6 35 4 (80%) 2 2 45 (85%)
Bladder mucosal edema 16 16
Urethral mucosal edema 2 1 3
VVSR 15 2 13 15
Lymphoid follicles 9 1 8 9
Short urethral length <7 cm 6 6
Ectopic ureter 5 1 4 5
Single bladder stone 3 3
Ureterovesicular junction stenosis 1 1 1 3
Urethral septum 2 2
Urethral stricture 1 1 2
TCC (urethral wall thickening) 1 1
Ureterocele 1 1
Urachal remnant 1 1
Bladder wall polyp (cranioventral) 1 1

Abbreviations: TCC, transitional cell carcinoma; VVSR, vestibulovaginal septal remnant.