Survival estimates and outcome predictors in dogs with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus treated in a veterinary teaching hospital.

Antonio Maria TardoFrancesca Del BaldoFrancesco DondiMarco PietraRoberto ChiocchettiFederico Fracassi

Published in: The Veterinary record (2019)

Diabetic dogs have a good life expectancy. Hyperphosphataemia is a relatively common finding in dogs with newly diagnosed DM and represents a negative prognostic factor. The presence of pancreatitis might not be associated with an unfavourable outcome.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
type diabetes
glycemic control
metabolic syndrome
weight loss