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Presentation: A 10-year old male intact pit bull presents for stranguria.
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Presentation

A 10-year old male intact pit bull presents for stranguria.

1) True or false:

If you are taking an intra-operative urine culture, perioperative antimicrobials should not be administered until the culture sample is obtained.

2) True or false:

Intra-operative bladder mucosal biopsy is more likely to yield a positive bacterial culture result than preoperative urine culture.

3) After a cystotomy, what percentage of dogs will have residual calculi on postoperative radiographs?

A) 5 percent

B) 10 percent

C) 20 percent

D) 30 percent

Check your answers on page 2.

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