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. 2024 Jul-Aug;38(4):2008-2025.
doi: 10.1111/jvim.17101. Epub 2024 May 27.

ECEIM consensus statement on equine kidney disease

Gaby van Galen  1   2 , Thomas J Divers  3 , Victoria Savage  4 , Harold C Schott 2nd  5 , Natalia Siwinska  6
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ECEIM consensus statement on equine kidney disease

Gaby van Galen et al. J Vet Intern Med. 2024 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

The aim of this consensus statement is to summarize and appraise scientific evidence and combine this with the clinical experience of a panel of experts to optimize recommendations on how to recognize and manage kidney disease in horses.

Keywords: acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; horse; renal.

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Conflict of interest statement

Harold C. Schott, II has accepted funding from IDEXX for research on symmetric dimethylarginine. No other authors declare a conflict of interest.

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Diagnostic approach to polyuria/polydipsia (PU/PD). CFR, chronic renal failure; DI, diabetes insipidus; PPID, pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction; sCr, serum creatinine concentration; USG, urinary specific gravity.
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