Abstract
A captive 10-month-old male Szechuan bharal (Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis) presented with stranguria and depression. Physical examination, serum biochemistry analyses and radiographic evaluation indicated a urethral obstruction that was successfully treated by prescrotal urethrotomy. Postoperative severe uremia was treated with intravenous fluid administration. Following surgery, the stranguria and depression were resolved. The calculi causing the urethral obstruction were composed of calcium carbonate. As a first-line treatment of this condition, urethrotomy may be preferable over urethrostomy because urethrotomy decreases the risk of urinary tract infection and allows the maintenance of normal physiologic behaviors, including urination and breeding. The bharal has continued to urinate normally for 2 years following surgery.
