High blood pressure.
Hypertrophy
Hypertrophy (an increase in cell size) and hyperplasia (an increase in cell number) lead to an increase in the size of tissues and organs. Atrophy is the direct opposite of both hypertrophy and hyperplasia.
IBD
= Collective term for chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown cause, in humans comparable with Crohn’s disease.
Interstitial Fibrosis
A fibrosis is a pathological proliferation of connective tissue in organs. This connective tissue consists of collagen fibres. The collagen accumulates in the interstitium, the space between tissue structures, hence interstitial.
Metabolic acidosis
Increased acidity of the blood and the body. Metabolic acidosis occurs in chronic renal failure due to uraemia (raised blood urea) but can also have many other metabolic causes.
Microbiome
All microbes on or within an animal’s tissues, for instance in the intestines (intenstinal flora = the totality of all microorganisms that colonise the intestine). It includes bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses.
Minerals
A mineral, in the context of nutrition, is an essential element (one that can only be obtained from the diet), required to perform functions necessary for life in the body.
Nephrones
Nephrone sind die Filtereinheiten der Nieren.
Oedema
Excess fluid collecting in the tissues of the body, which can cause them to become swollen.
Palpation
Using touch to check sites and organs of an animal’s body to diagnose disease. Palpation is part on a clinical examination.