Diabetes mellitus felino – relato de caso

Abstract

Feline diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial endocrinopathy characterized by persistent hyperglycemia and glycosuria. It is the most common endocrine pancreas disorder in the small animal clinic, being related to insulin resistance or dysfunction of β cells. It commonly affects male felines, neutered, middle-aged to the elderly, and mainly obese. It is marked by the clinical manifestations of polyuria, compensatory polydipsia, polyphagia and weight loss, these, common to other metabolic disorders, which may be interconnected. Due to its importance in the clinic of small animals, the objective was to report the case of a feline, male, castrated, 10 years old, without defined breed, attended in a veterinary clinic in the city of Santo Antônio de Jesus - Bahia, presenting a history of polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, dehydration and hyperglycemia, being diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, from the association between clinical signs, persistent hyperglycemia, glycosuria and elevated fructoas concentration, thus instituted insulin therapy and the introduction of specific diet.