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. 2022 May 23;12(10):1332. doi: 10.3390/ani12101332

Table 3.

Urine dribbling (UD).

Scale Definition Pictoral Definition
0 No visible UD.
Urination occurs normally
(with penis fully extended).
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1 Occasional drops
(without penis extended).
Urination occurs with penis partially extended.
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2 Regular drops and/or some steady streams (without penis extended).
Urination occurs with penis less
extended less than #1.
Legs (upper or lower) a little wet or stained with urine.
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3 Steady streams from the opening and some dribbling from the skin of the sheath (without penis extended).
Penis does not drop to urinate.
Legs (upper or lower) half wet or stained with urine.
Skin around sheath wet with urine.
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4 Heavy steady streams falling from the opening and skin of the sheath so the stream looks wider than #3
(without penis extended).
Penis does not drop to urinate.
Legs entirely wet with urine.
Skin around sheath wet with urine.
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5 UD staining is dried
(lighter color than wet).
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