INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 1

Incidence of Ocular Manifestations in Diabetic dogs

  • Author:
  • Geeta Rani Jena, N. Sahoo, Dhirendra Kumar1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 155 to 156

1Regional Centre, Central Avian Research Institute, Jokalunda, Bhubaneswar

College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar-751003 (Odisha)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: geetadhiru@gmail.com

Online published on 20 November, 2017.

Abstract

Ocular manifestation in diabetic dogs is a common systemic condition. Most diabetic dogs may develop cataracts or blindness if untreated. In the present study, 934 dogs were screened for diabetes and 34 were found positive for diabetes mellitus of which 16 dogs had ocular anomalies (16/34).

Keywords

Cataract, dog, diabetes, glucose, insulin