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              Current practices 
              and research updates on diabetes mellitus in canine - 
              Pankaj Kumar, Rashmi Rekha Kumari, Manish Kumar, Sanjiv Kumar and 
              Asit Chakrabarti 
              
              Veterinary World, 7(11): 952-959   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              10.14202/vetworld.2014.952-959 
                  Pankaj 
              Kumar: 
              
              Division of Livestock and Fisheries Management, ICAR Research 
              Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar, India;
              
              
              pankajvet@gmail.com Rashmi 
              Rekha Kumari: 
              
              Department of Pharmacology, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, 
              Bihar, India;
              
              
              rrkvet@gmail.com Manish 
              Kumar: 
              
              Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology 
              Guwahati, Assam, India;
              
              
              manishvet@gmail.com Sanjiv 
              Kumar: 
              
              Department of Pathology, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, Bihar, 
              India;
              
              
              mrsanvet@rediffmail.com Asit 
              Chakrabarti: 
              
              Division of Livestock and Fisheries Management, ICAR Research 
              Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar, India;
              
              
              asit1963@yahoo.com   Received: 
              31-07-2014, Revised: 05-10-2014, Accepted: 09-10-2014, Published 
              online: 14-11-2014 
                
              
              
              Corresponding author:
              
              Pankaj Kumar, e-mail: pankajvet@gmail.com 
 
              Abstract 
 
              Diabetes has evidence in ancient literatures, though recently is 
              being considered as one amongst the most emerging disease 
              condition in both human and companion animals. Diabetes mellitus 
              is one of the common endocrinopathy of dog characterized by 
              hyperglycemia, glycosuria and weight loss. Reports suggests high 
              fraction of canine population suffer with diabetes world over. 
              Studies in different veterinary hospitals of United States suggest 
              increase in cases of canine diabetes and decrease in case fatality 
              rate over time. Increase in cases of canine diabetes worldwide is 
              attributed to awareness amongst pet owners, better veterinary 
              health facilities, breed preferences by dog owners, increase 
              dependence on commercial feeds, obesity, etc. Diabetes in most 
              dogs is immune mediated and insulin dependent. Breed 
              predisposition in canine is attributed to dog leukocyte antigen 
              gene pool encoding form major histocompatibility complex-II 
              molecules, however research is still underway. Diagnosis of 
              diabetes still relies on blood sugar evaluation for screening of 
              canine population, though many other diagnostic methods have shown 
              promising benefits including measurement of fructosamine and 
              glycated haemoglobin. Management of diabetes in dog is based on 
              insulin therapy, diet modification and exercise. Use of oral 
              anti-diabetics drugs in canine is limited though experimental 
              studies have shown promising results. Alternative therapies have 
              been explored, but only a few approaches have shown promise for 
              clinical application. 
              Keywords: canine, diabetes mellitus, emergence, fructosamine, 
              glycated haemoglobin, insulin, streptozotocin. 
 
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