Renal Hypoplasia

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Hypoplasia

  • Underdevelopment of one or both kidneys.
  • Undifferentiated mesenchymal tissue exists in the both the cortex and medulla as well as the presence of immature glomeruli in the adult animal.
  • If bilateral or diffuse, the kidneys will be overloaded and uraemia will develop within a year or two.