Effectiveness of Hypochlorous Acid in Cats with Bacterial Cystitis.

This study was aimed to reveal the efficacy of hypochlorous acid in cats with bacterial cystitis. The animal material of the study consisted of 14 cats of different races, 1-8 years of age, of different sexes, diagnosed with bacterial cystitis as a result of clinical and urine examinations and bacterial urine culture, who applied to Afyon Kocatepe University Veterinary Health Application and Research Centre Internal Diseases Clinic with complaints of lower urinary system disease and diagnosed with bacterial cystitis as a result of the examinations. After the diagnosis of bacterial cystitis, the cats were divided into 2 groups: fluid therapy + enrofloxacin + vitamin C + nitrofurantoin (group I, n = 7) and fluid therapy + enrofloxacin + hypochlorous acid (group II, n = 7). Both groups were treated for 7 days. It was observed that clinical recovery was faster according to the clinical scoring table created in the cats in group II, and bacterial growth in the urine was eliminated more quickly and effectively as a result of urine cultures. As a result, it was concluded that hypochlorous acid is effective in the clinical improvement and elimination of bacteriuria in cats with bacterial cystitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]