Dog kidney failure shows an increasing trend year by year, and the causes of kidney failure are numerous, these unknown factors leading to kidney failure may be quietly lurking around the dog..
Status: Cases continue to increase
According to the survey, from 2013 to 2015, the incidence of renal failure in dogs in six pet hospitals in a city increased year by year, with 72 cases in 2013, 180 cases in 2014 and 252 cases in 2015.
What is it? Quietly extended his black hand to the dog.
Relationship between age and renal failure
Acute renal failure is more common in young dogs (3-6 years old), while chronic renal failure is more common in old dogs (over 7 years old), and may increase with age.
The relationship between sex and breed
The incidence rate of male dogs was significantly higher than that of female dogs.
Relationship between 3 breeds and renal failure
Among the cases of renal failure, VIP, golden retriever and Labrador were the main breeds.
Why are the kidneys important?
1 Excretion of "waste" produced by the body
The kidneys filter the blood to produce urine and carry away the body's metabolic wastes and poisons, including excess water, urea, creatinine and so on. If these substances remain in the body, they may cause serious harm.
Control the body's water
The kidneys regulate the amount of urine, control the amount of water lost, and keep the body's water content stable.
Regulate electrolyte and acid-base balance
The kidney regulates the concentration of electrolytes in dogs through various forms, including sodium ions, chloride ions, potassium ions and so on.
Acidic and alkaline substances produced by body metabolism can be excreted through urine, as long as the proportion is unbalanced, more substances will be excreted in time.
4. Regulation of endocrine
The kidney can secrete a variety of hormones, cytokines, and other bioactive substances.
How to understand kidney failure?
When part or all of the kidney can not work properly, after the accumulation of poisons or "waste" in the body, a series of abnormal conditions are renal failure, which is generally divided into chronic renal failure and acute renal failure.
Things happen for a reason, kidney failure
Acute renal failure
Chronic renal failure
What are the symptoms of kidney failure?
Acute renal failure can be divided into oliguria, polyuria and convalescence. Before the occurrence of acute renal failure, dogs are generally in good health, but after illness, they may show vomiting, diarrhea, poor spirit, and occasionally exhale acidic odor.
Chronic renal failure will gradually affect the dog's body, resulting in weight loss, dry hair, bad breath, pale mucosa, loss of skin elasticity and other manifestations.
Chronic renal failure, in particular, is usually accompanied by other organ diseases. From the dog's performance, we can't directly confirm that there is a kidney problem, so laboratory tests are very important.
Is there a way to judge renal failure?
1 Clinical examination
(1) Judging from the time of disease occurrence, dogs are at an age prone to disease and have used drugs that may damage the kidney.
(2) It may be painful to press the dog's lumbar kidney area.
Laboratory examination
(1) CBC examination: Red blood cells are usually normal or elevated, and sometimes white blood cells are also elevated.
(2) Biochemical examination: In the blood biochemical examination, if the blood urea nitrogen, blood creatinine, blood potassium and blood phosphorus are elevated, acute renal failure can be suspected, and metabolic acidosis and hyperkalemia are usually complicated.
(3) Urine examination: Acute renal failure can be divided into oliguria and polyuria. The urine output of normal dogs is about 1-2ml/H. Kg, too high or too low may be morbidity symptoms of acute renal failure.
(4) Imaging examination: X-ray or ultrasound examination can reveal mild swelling of the kidney, and the bladder may be full or have stones.
Professional veterinarians can diagnose kidney failure by combining clinical signs and symptoms and various examinations.
It is worth noting that when urea nitrogen and creatinine rise, the excretion function of the kidney has been lost by at least 75%, and when blood phosphorus rises, the excretion function of the kidney has been lost by more than 85%. How should diagnose dog dog kidney failure to do?
Don't worry, there is always a way for soldiers to block and water to cover. For details, see the next article, Fatal Disease Dog Kidney Failure, Acute or Chronic? Pay attention to differential treatment!
