OCCURRENCE AND PATHOLOGY OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF KIDNEY IN PIG (Sus scrofa domesticus)
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2021
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Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out from January, 2020 to
December, 2020. During this period, a total number of 586 kidney of pigs with
different age groups, breeds and either sex were examined for abnormalities at
Bikaner, Jaipur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan. Out of these, 154 specimens
of kidney suspected for abnormalities were further processed for
histopathological examination.
The overall occurrence of different affections of kidney of pigs were
detected and classified. The various forms of kidney affections were classified
as acute glomerulonephritis 8.44 per cent, subacute glomerulonephritis 5.84
per cent, chronic glomerulonephritis 3.25 per cent, diffuse interstitial nephritis
11.04 per cent, focal interstitial nephritis 13.64 per cent, pyelonephritis 0.65 per
cent, renal abscess 1.30 per cent, granulomatous nephritis 1.30 per cent,
haemorrhage 7.14 per cent, congestion 11.04 per cent, hydronephrosis 2.60
per cent, cloudy swelling 6.49 per cent, hydropic degeneration 1.95 per cent,
fatty change 1.30 per cent, renal amyloidosis 3.25 per cent, renal cortical
necrosis 2.60 per cent, renal cyst 3.25 per cent, polycystic kidney 1.30 per cent,
renal hypoplasia 2.60 per cent, lobulation of kidney 0.65 per cent,
haemosiderosis 1.95 per cent, renal cell carcinoma 0.65 per cent, renal fibrosis
1.95 per cent, rupture of kidney 2.60 per cent, calcification 3.25 per cent and
urolithiasis 1.30 per cent.