Evaluation of the effect of the use of the veterinary diet AJO VET DIETA STRUVITE for struvite urolithiasis on hematological parameters of cats

Urolithiasis is a polyetiological disease characterized by the presence and impact of urolithiasis or a large number of crystals on the urinary tract. This pathology occupies one of the leading places in the structure of urological diseases and pathologies of non-infectious etiology in general in veterinary practice, including in cats. The main principle of treating urolithiasis in cats is the removal or dissolution of crystals. There are developed methods for dissolving sand and stones of struvite origin in cats. Special diets are usually used by doctors to reduce the concentration of mineral components of struvite. Today, the veterinary diet market in Russia offers diets from various Russian manufacturers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the use of the dry form of the veterinary diet "AJO VET DIETA STRUVITE" of the LIMKORM group of companies in cats diagnosed with struvite urolithiasis on hematological blood parameters. The study was conducted on 10 mongrel cats with a confirmed diagnosis of struvite urolithiasis. The cats of the experimental group were fed for 1 month with the dry form of the veterinary diet "AJO VET DIETA STRUVITE" of the LIMKORM group of companies in the dosage according to the instructions. Additional drug treatment of the animals was not carried out. Blood samples from these animals for biochemical and morphological examination were taken 3 times: before the start of feeding, 14 days after the start of feeding, 1 month after the start of feeding. The main biochemical and morphological parameters of the blood were determined in the selected samples. When assessing the hematological status of a cat diagnosed with struvite urolithiasis, it was found that cats do not have reliable changes in the main biochemical parameters of the blood characterizing protein, nitrogen and mineral metabolism, however, morphological parameters change significantly: thus, the hemoglobin concentration is at the upper limit of the reference values; the color index of blood is increased, erythrocyte indices are overestimated, which indicates a high degree of blood thickening caused by dehydration, signs of an inflammatory process are also observed, as indicated by an increase in the total number of leukocytes, the number of segmented neutrophils and a decrease in the number of lymphocytes. Feeding the experimental animals with the veterinary diet AJO VET DIETA STRUVITE of the LIMKORM group of companies for a month was not accompanied by reliable changes in the main biochemical parameters of the blood, characterizing protein, nitrogen and mineral metabolism, but led to a change in morphological parameters, so a decrease in blood thickening is observed, which indicates an insignificant decrease in the degree of dehydration. Thus, feeding the experimental animals with the veterinary diet AJO VET DIETA STRUVITE of the LIMKORM group of companies even for one month is characterized by tendencies to normalize the morphological parameters of the blood in the animals under study.