Equine kidney disease is not very common
in horses. The kidnies are the organs of the body which filter out
toxins from the blood. When they stop working well more water is
needed to clean the blood and a horse will need to drink more and
urinate more in order to stay healthy.
Most kidney disease in horses is
caused by specific infections that move up from the bladder to the
kidney.
Kidnies may also be damaged when
they have damaged muscles as in Azoturia (Ti-Up). The toxins that
are released from damaged muscles may affect the kidnies badly
when the are being excreted.
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