Renal hypoplasia - Atlas of swine pathology
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Where: genitourinary system, kidney
Possible causes: Other
Congenital malformation found in a fattening pig at the abattoir. Presence of renal hypoplasia (kidney with a smaller size than normal and with a decrease in the amount of normal tissue), with less tubules and glomeruli. Generally, a compensatory hypertrophy in the other kidney is seen.