Feline lower urinary tract disease — dietary management — representative studies (Europe PMC)

Feline lower urinary tract disease — dietary management — representative studies (Europe PMC)

Source: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, query "feline lower urinary tract disease diet", 1283 hits (2026-07-21). Each entry is a first-hand peer-reviewed study; the abstract opening is quoted verbatim from the publisher abstract. Six representative studies below.

1. PMID 42000031 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 2026 Veterinary Journal study used nationwide Chinese pet-insurance data for a retrospective survival analysis of feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), a common multifactorial syndrome with limited prior data from Asia; the excerpt is cut off before the survival results.
2. PMID 41965667 — Aerococcus mictus as a cause of feline urinary tract infection: a case report. (BMC veterinary research, 2026). Abstract (opening): BACKGROUND: Bacterial urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a noteworthy cause of lower urinary tract disease both in humans and companion animals, especially in patients with *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
3. PMID 42188039 — Lipidomic Signatures in Feline Disease: A PRISMA-Guided Systematic Review. (Metabolites, 2026). Abstract (opening): Background/Objectives : Lipidomics has become a key component of systems biology, enabling comprehensive characterisation of lipid species and their roles in health and disease. *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
4. PMID 41641807 — The hitchhiker's guide to feline xanthinuria. (Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2026). Abstract (opening): Feline xanthinuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of purine metabolism due to genetic mutations in the xanthine dehydrogenase ( XDH ) gene. It is characterised by *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
5. PMID 42187200 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 2026 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery multicentre retrospective study of 601 male cats (2020–2024) compared azotaemia prevalence and time to resolution between initial and recurrent urethral obstruction (UO); the excerpt is cut off before the comparison results.
6. PMID 42022391 — From pathogenesis to prevention: an update on the management of obesity and its associated comorbidities in cats. (Frontiers in veterinary science, 2026). Abstract (opening): Overweight and obesity represent the most common nutritional disorder in domestic cats and constitute a significant global health issue. In this review, we synthesize current *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*

Note: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.

Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_feline_lower_urinary_tract_diet_2026-07-21.txt (Europe PMC REST, 2026-07-21).

License & attribution

Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41641807/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41965667/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42000031/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42022391/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42187200/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42188039/