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Abstract Summary The present study included clinical examination of one hundred twenty three cases of goats, aged from under two years old to over two years old. Out of them one hundred animal were proved to be showed urinary tract disorders and twenty three animals were clinically healthy and showed no clinical or laboratory abnormalities and taken as control group. Physical, chemical and microscopical examination of urine samples collected from these animals, besides pathological examination of urinary system tissues were also performed. The present investigation declared that, the most common urinary tract disorders in examined diseased goat were cystitis 30%, nephrosis 27%, pyelonephritis 18%, glomerulonephritis 13%, focal intersitial nephritis 11% and nephrolithiasis 1%. Nephrosis: Twenty seven animals were proved to be affected with nephrosis. Subsequent urine analysis revealed clear to cloudy urine, presence of proteinuria. Bacterial examination showed single isolates as E.coli, Corynebacterium sp., Klebsilla sp., Staph. sp., Pseudomonas sp., Proteus sp., Strept. sp. and Salmonella sp.There were mixed infection as Klebsilla sp. with Proteus sp. and Strept. sp.with Staph. sp.. There were eleven cases males and sixteen cases females while fourteen animals were under two years old and threeteen animals were above two years old. Microscopical examination of diseased kidneys showed a massive degeneration and sloughing of renal tubules, necrobiosis and presence of cell casts in the renal tubules. |