The Veterinary Expert| Pet Health
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Part 2 It has been estimated that around 20-50% of cats over 15 years of age will have some degree of chronic kidney disease. In ‘Chronic Kidney Disease in Cats Part 1’, we looked at what the disease is and how it can be diagnosed. In this article we focus on how chronic kidney disease […]
Part 1 ‘Chronic kidney disease’ is a term used to refer to cats with kidney insufficiency or failure. ‘Chronic’ simply means long term. ‘Insufficiency’ or ‘failure’ means that the kidneys are no longer able to adequately perform their normal tasks. ‘Chronic kidney failure’ refers to the situation where the kidneys have not been able to […]
Where are the kidneys and how do they work? Dogs, like all mammals, have two kidneys that are located just below their spinal column (Fig 1) at the angle between the ribs and the softer body wall. The kidneys have a number of important functions including: removing waste material from the body via the urine […]