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ue feeding the therapeutic kidney food, due to the patient’s increased risk for developing chronic renal disease at a later date.
Lactulose treatment was continued, and considered unrelated to the ARF episode.
VetBooks.ir Acknowledgement

The author thanks Dr. Amy Tamulevicus of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Kansas State University, Manhattan, for providing
clinical information about this patient.

Endnotes
a. Pepcid. Merck & Co., West Point, Pennsylvania, USA.
b. Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS, USA.

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