MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KIDNEYS OF CATS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the most common metabolic disease of domestic cats, and older cats are most often affected. The prevalence of CKD in cats exceeds that of dogs, and the frequency of diagnosis of CKD in cats has increased in recent decades. Typical histologic features include interstitial inflammation, tubular atrophy, and fibrosis with secondary glomerulosclerosis. Thus, it can be considered relevant to study the morphology of the kidneys of cats with CKD in order to establish a complex of changes in the tubules and glomeruli of the kidneys with the aim of a clearer understanding of the clinical and pathogenetic mechanisms of the development of nephropathies.