ABSTRACT
PROSTATE DISORDERS in small animals are most common in the dog. Prostate disorders in cats are extremely uncommon, although cats will occasionally develop prostatic malignancies. Problems affecting the canine prostate include: • Benign enlargement (hyperplasia/metaplasia). • Prostatitis (acute or chronic). • Abscessation. • Prostatic cysts – intraprostatic (prostatic retention
cysts) or paraprostatic. • Neoplasia (usually adenocarcinoma, although it
may be difficult to differentiate primary prostate cancer from urethral carcinomas invading the prostate gland without histopathology).
