Juvenile Nephropathy in a Shih Tzu Dog - A Case Report
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https://doi.org/10.48165/ijvsbt.22.2.37Keywords:
Azotemia, Congenital nephropathy, Hyperphosphatemia, Puppy, Renal resistive indexAbstract
Juvenile nephropathy (JN) in dogs refers to any non inflammatory, degenerative, or developmental chronic kidney disease in young animals (approx. 2 years of age or less), characterized by progressive renal failure, which cannot be associated with primary renal inflammation (Maxie, 1993). This condition may be congenital (present at birth), inherited (genetically derived), familial (a trait present in a group of related dogs) or acquired with onset reported from few weeks to several years, but in often 4 to 18 months of age (Maxie, 1993). Clinical signs might not become apparent until later in life (Cianciolo et al., 2018) and will be presented as renal failure with azotaemia, inability to appropriately concentrate urine and possibly signs of uraemia. This case report communicates the findings of Juvenile Nephropathy in a Shihtzu dog.
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