Renal failure in dogs in Italy associated with melamine-contaminated pet food.

At the end of 2008, two young dogs, a threeyear- old male Maltese and a one-year-old male Lhasa apso, belonging to the same dog breeder (Veneto region, north-eastern Italy), died with clinical signs of renal failure. At postmortem examination, bilateral nephritis with green-yellowish uroliths was