Histopathological investigations on renal lesions in slaughtered camel (Camelus dromedarius) in North East of Iran [İran'i{dotless}n kuzey doǧusunda kesimi yapi{dotless}lan develerde (Camelus dromedarius) böbrek lezyonlari{dotless} üzerine histopatolojik araşti{dotless}rmalar]

Camel can tolerates water deprivation conditions more than two months. kidneys are vital organs in this case. the objective of this study is recognition of kidney lesions. in this study 38 samples of kidney were collected from slaughter house of tabbas and mashhad. specimens were fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin for at least 24 hours and then routinely processed and then the sections were stained with haematoxylin and eosin (h&e),special staining and immunohistochemistry. histopathological study revealed different lesions and the most common were glomerulonephritis. other lesions were acute tubular necrosis (atn),renal cyst and interstitial nephritis. vascular calcification was significant lesions which were characterized with basophilic material in the intima of vessels. renal adenoma was diagnosed in one camel and according to review literature it is the first report in camel.