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Yes, I have been doing more research and am reading the same thing - for cats as well. Asymptomatic - or, for animals, subclinical - bacteriuria is often not treated because there is no evidence to suggest any beneficial effect. I also found the following statement in a clinical study (Urinary tract infection and subclinical bacteriuria in cats: A clinical update - Roswitha Dorsch, Svenja Teichmann-Knorrn, Heidi Sjetne Lund, 2019 (sagepub.com):Also, in dogs it’s common practice to not treat even pathogenic bacteria unless the dog is showing symptoms. (Dogs get uti much more commonly than cats so that’s why dogs are used as an example)
"Screening selected populations for bacteriuria, such as cats with diabetes mellitus or hyperthyroidism, without clinical signs of UTI is questionable, as no evidence demonstrating a beneficial effect of routine treatment in culture-positive cats exists."
Still, I would like to actually hear this from my vet!!