Pathologic Evaluation of Canine Renal Biopsies: Methods for Identifying Features that Differentiate Immune‐Mediated Glomerulonephritides from Other Categories of Glomerular Diseases

BackgroundHuman renal biopsies are routinely evaluated with light microscopy (LM) using a panel of histologic stains, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy to obtain a diagnosis. In contrast, the pathologic evaluation of glomerular disease in veterinary medicine has relied mostly on LM and was of limited utility. To address this problem, recently established veterinary renal diagnostic centers have adopted methods used in human nephropathology for evaluation of renal biopsies. Three broad categories of disease, which have the greatest implications for c... Mehr ...