Diffuse mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis in a horse

Authors: McCausland IP, Milestone BA
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 10, pp 239-241, Oct 1976
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Pathology, Kidney/renal disease, Urinary system/urology
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Spontaneous glomerulonephritis has been considered an uncommon and ill-defined disease in domestic animals (Jubb and Kennedy, 1970). In a survey of 236 cases of nephritis in horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, Langham and Hallman (1941) detected primary glomerular abnormalities in only 7. However, recent studies incorporating electron microscopic, or immunofluorescence examination, or both, of renal tissue suggest that glomerulonephritis is not uncommon. During the past 5 years it has been reported in sheep (Angus et al 1973), dogs (Krohn et al 1973) and cats (Slauson et al 1971; Farrow and Huxtable, 1971), and in 6 of 45 horses examined at a commercial slaughterhouse in the U.S.A. (Banks and Henson, 1972). This paper describes a case of diffuse mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis in a horse.

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