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Diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic endocrine insufficiency in a kitten
Author(s) -
Root M. V.,
Johnson K. H.,
Allen W. T.,
Johnston S. D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1995.tb02972.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kitten , endocrine system , diabetes mellitus , islet , pancreatic islets , endocrinology , hormone , enteroendocrine cell , pancreas , exocrine pancreatic insufficiency , cats
Diabetes mellitus, characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia and glucosuria, was diagnosed in a six‐week‐old kitten. Pancreatic sections contained low numbers of atypically small islets and immunohistochemistry demonstrated pancreatic endocrine insufficiency with virtually no production of any islet hormones. There was no inflammatory infiltration of the islets, as seen in the form of diabetes mellitus characteristic of juvenile humans.