2019 journal article
Quantified water intake in laboratory cats from still, free-falling and circulating water bowls, and its effects on selected urinary parameters
JOURNAL OF FELINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 21(8), 682–690.
author keywords: Water intake; FLUTD; feline lower urinary tract disease; RSS; relative super saturation; urine specific gravity; urolith
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Laboratory; Calcium Oxalate / urine; Cats; Drinking / physiology; Drinking Water / analysis; Laboratory Animal Science / instrumentation; Struvite / urine; Urinalysis / veterinary
TL;DR:
Overall, water bowl type had no appreciable effect on water intake and alternative methods to increase water intake should be implemented beyond providing unique water bowls in patients where augmented water intake would be beneficial for disease management.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
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6. Clean Water and Sanitation
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 12, 2019
ObjectivesThe study objectives were to determine if the method of water presentation (still [S], circulating [C] or free-falling [FF] bowl systems) influences daily water consumption in cats in a controlled environment, and whether differences in water intake affect urine relative super saturation (RSS) for calcium oxalate and struvite, urine specific gravity (USG), urine osmolality (Uosmol) and urine volume.