Endocrinology

Discover the significance of glucose and the diseases, conditions and symptoms related to hypoglycemia plus methods for monitoring glucose levels in dog and cat patients.

Successful management of diabetes in veterinary patients requires patience, data, and an individualized approach.

CEUS may be a helpful presurgical screening tool for detecting lesions not apparent on conventional abdominal ultrasound.

In most cats, hyperthyroidism is a relatively straightforward diagnosis, but some cases require a more extensive workup, including measurement of the complete thyroid hormone panel.

ThyroKare is the second levothyroxine sodium product approved as replacement therapy for diminished thyroid function in dogs.

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According to the university's veterinary team, this screening tool is superior to any other that utilizes routine blood tests available to veterinarians.

Diagnosing diabetes in your veterinary patients may be straightforward, but treating the condition is sometimes anything but. Heres the lowdown on why treatments fail, how best to monitor these patients and what new insulin products are on the market.

According to internal medicine specialist Dr. Daniel Langlois, long-term maintenance of hypoadrenocorticism can be a controversial topic.

A new trial led by a Tufts veterinary professor is evaluating whether a long-acting insulin can control diabetes in dogs more effectively (and give their owners a whole lot more freedom).

Heres our regular roundup of new and noteworthy veterinary products.

Online resource intended to help veterinarians diagnose and treat diabetes mellitus in cats more effectively.

What you need to know when it comes to recognizing, diagnosing and managing this endocrine disease in cats.

A study out of UC Davis veterinary school connects the DNA sequence of screwtail breeds to Robinow syndrome in humans. We untangle the details to bring you the highlights.

Veterinary product from Boehringer Ingelheim becomes second approved insulin for use in canine diabetes cases.

With the right training and guidance-and just a little bit of encouragement-you can help clients understand that this common disease is actually quite manageable.

If you do a good job training your veterinary clients with diabetic pets, they can do some of their own blood glucose curve monitoring at home. Heres a printable Word doc with the basics.

Some knowledge to help you master this endocrine disorderand save your veterinary patients lives.

Merck, Purina and Zoetis continue diabetes education and screening program.

University of Florida veterinary scientist receives NIH grant; Purdue-Indiana team explores role for collagen.

In multicat homes, keeping a healthy cat from eating a hyperthyroid cats food can be a struggle. Is it hurting the healthy cat to eat this food long term?

You know all those questions you have about managing Cushing's disease, like what do those numbers on the low-dose dexamethasone suppression test mean? We have the answers, courtesy of Dr. David Bruyette!

This pup has a history of chronic allergies but was doing well. What happened?

... the more you diagnose. Endocrinology expert Dr. David Bruyette says hypoadrenocorticism and hyperaldosteronism are underdiagnosed and underreported in cats. Time to raise your clinical bar and catch these diagnoses.

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