Two glands situated in the upper posterior abdominal cavity
one on either side of the vertebral column.
Their function is to filter the blood
and eliminate waste in the form of urine

What to do when your pet is diagnosed
Thanks to the K9Kidney forum for providing this article.

Kidney Disease
Thank you to Susan Fleisher for her research.

"Because kidneys are so hard-working,
Dogs with chronic kidney disease
usually don't show signs:
loss of appetite
excessive drinking
excessive urination
lethargy
vomiting
until the problem is well advanced."
Dr Linda Ross
Hospital Director
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

Screening tests
such as BUN and serum creatinine
do not begin to register abnormal
until about 75% of the kidney's nephrons
are nonfunctional.
W. Braselton, PhD
W. Rumbeiha, DVM, PhD, DABVT
Toxicology Section
J. Kruger, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Small Animal Clinical Sciences
MSU

K9Kidney Diet Discussion group

Current research
Courtesy of Susan Fleisher.

American College of Veterinary Medicine
See Abstracts 101-150

Dogs affected with renal dysplasia
may have no clinical signs,
severe clinical signs,
or anything in between.
Jeff Wayman DVM

Diseases of the Kidneys
 

Waltham-The Canine Kidney
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By Definition,
Congenital kidney disease
means that renal lesions either present at birth
or developed because of some defect
that existed when the animal was born.
With the opportunity to gradually adapt
to declining kidney function
throughout most their lives,
affected animals do remarkably well until
their disease is near terminal.
For congenital kidney diseases,
effective treatment generally is not available.
George E. Lees DVM
Congenital Renal Diseases
Texas A&M

This page is dedicated in the Memory of
two young victims of Renal Disease
Sky-Girl and Miss Nova Lee

Updated July 7, 2005