https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/4276/renal-disease-in-springers Hi all, Just wandering if anyone is aware of a breed predisposition to renal disease in English Springers? Have seen quite a few youngish dogs (&gt;7yr) with protein losing nephropathies, including two from the same litter, but have never got to investigateen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/12735?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:56:07 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:93a3a7a7-b030-475b-8edd-da84a7044654Hanna Bennett<p>thanks guys. scan showed slightly large kidneys with large cortices, no cysts but unable to visualise a nice medulla in either one. having said that i don&#39;t normally scan old dogs with kidney disease, so not sure what they usually look like! have started her on renal diet + fortekor, and we&#39;ll see. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/12719?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:27:20 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:727b6816-118f-4285-b275-babb5e34596aVikki Moran<p>I do remember about 5 years ago seeing 3 or 4 springers within a year which were unrelated and had PLN, one in particular had renal cysts. That was the only one I got to scan (financial constraints i think with the others.</p> <p>Can&#39;t remember now what her bloods were like.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/12578?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:46:27 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:51d23fea-574a-424a-a0df-2b2ba788268cRob Loxley<p>[quote user=&quot;Hanna Bennett&quot;]Just wandering if anyone is aware of a breed predisposition to renal disease in English Springers?[/quote]</p> <p>Can&#39;t find anything on Cambridge Vet School&#39;s Inherited Disease Database.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>