The registered veterinary nurse (RVN) has a large role to play in helping manage and monitor diabetic patients. A sound understanding of the disease itself, common clinical signs and the treatment...
Traditionally, classification of diabetes mellitus has mirrored that of the human disorder and is categorised into type-1 like and type-2 like diabetes mellitus..
The patient was referred to the hospital for bilateral cataracts 6 months after being diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM). The patient was fed a raw food diet (VOM, 2018) three times daily (TID) at...
The patient was presented to a first opinion veterinary practice following a recent diagnosis of feline diabetes mellitus (FDM). The owner brought her cat to be admitted and hospitalised for a blood...
Insulin is synthesised in pancreatic β-cells. Its effects can be considered in terms of length of effect as short, intermediate and long term. The short-term effects are to lower blood glucose by...
It should be noted that if there are concurrent conditions which influence nutritional needs these will usually take precedence, for example concurrent renal disease (Rand and Marshall, 2005)..
Diabetes is an endocrine disease affecting some of the glands that regulate metabolism. There are two main forms of the disease, diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus: Diabetes insipidus — This...