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KIDNEY TOXICITY IN DOGS

Kidney toxicity

WHAT IS KIDNEY TOXICITY (DRUG-INDUCED NEPHROTOXICITY)?

Like human kidneys, a dog’s kidneys balance certain substances in the blood and filter out and excrete the body’s wastes as urine.

Some drugs administered for the purpose of diagnosing or treating another medical disorder may have toxic effects on a dog’s kidneys.

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