Angus K W
Animal Diseases Research Association, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh.
Vet Rec. 1990 May 26;126(21):525-8.
Renal disorders in lambs may be congenital, infectious, toxic, immunologically mediated or secondary to urethral obstruction. Congenital abnormalities are uncommon. Kidney infections often are only one aspect of more widespread diseases, for example, tick pyaemia or salmonellosis. Toxic diseases, which affect mainly the renal tubules, may be caused by bacterial, chemical or plant toxins, although in lamb nephrosis the cause is unknown. Immunecomplex glomerulonephritis is uncommon, and one form, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis of Finnish landrace lambs, is under genetic control. Urolithiasis may have secondary effects on the kidneys.
羔羊的肾脏疾病可能是先天性、传染性、中毒性、免疫介导性的，或继发于尿道梗阻。先天性异常并不常见。肾脏感染通常只是更广泛疾病的一个方面，例如蜱热或沙门氏菌病。中毒性疾病主要影响肾小管，可能由细菌、化学或植物毒素引起，尽管羔羊肾病的病因尚不清楚。免疫复合物性肾小球肾炎并不常见，芬兰长白羔羊的一种系膜毛细血管性肾小球肾炎受基因控制。尿石症可能会对肾脏产生继发影响。
