Short‐ and Long‐Term Outcome and Factors Predicting Survival After Surgical Tube Cystostomy for Treatment of Obstructive Urolithiasis in Small Ruminants

Abstract

Goats, small ruminants with an intact urethral process, absence of abdominal fluid, and serum potassium concentration <5.2 mEq/L at admission were all associated with survival after tube cystostomy. Castrated males may also be more likely to survive. These factors should be considered in management of small ruminants with urolithiasis.