Volume: 54 Issue: 3
Year: 2023, Page: 850-854, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.850-854
Received: Feb. 8, 2023 Accepted: April 27, 2023 Published: Sept. 30, 2023
Diabetes mellitus is an endocrinopathy associated with insulin insufficiency or insulin resistance. Three female middle-aged Dachshund dogs presented with clinical signs of polyuria, polydipsia, cataract and emaciation were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus using portable blood glucose monitor. One of the dogs succumbed with diabetic ketoacidosis (ketone bodies of 7.4 mmol/L) with concomitant diabetic nephropathy and hypercalcemia. Leukocytosis, elevated liver enzymes, cholesterol and glycosuria were evident in all the dogs. Blood glucose level was effectively managed with human recombinant DNA protamine zinc insulin administration twice daily for a period of six months.
Keywords: Dachshund, diabetes mellitus, diabetic ketoacidosis, recombinant human DNA protamine zinc insulin
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Nithin B., Joy A., Shyma V.H. and Sindhu O.K.2023. Diabetes mellitus in dachshund dogs: a case report of three dogs. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(3):850-854 DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.850-854