Clinicopathological findings in cats with diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common feline endocrinopathy. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to describe signalment, clinicopathological findings, management practices and the occurrence of comorbidities in feline DM in Germany. The authors using questionnaires and laboratory submissions to a commercial laboratory, Antech Lab Germany, between May 2021 and July 2022. Inclusion criteria were diagnosis of DM by the attending veterinarian and submission of a completed questionnaire besides blood samples. Laboratory testing included haematology, serum biochemistry, concentration of total thyroxine (TT4), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), cobalamin (COB), fructosamine, b-hydroxybutyrate and DGGR (1,2-O-dilauryl-rac-glycero-3-glutaric acid-[6'-methylresorufin] ester) lipase activity. Data are presented ...

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