Pancreatic disease in dogs and cats
Anderson, N.V.; Strafuss, A.C.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 159(7): 885-891
1971
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 5106549 Document Number: 34568
Pancreatic disease was found in 32 dogs and 3 cats of the 45000 examined during the 8-year period from 1961-1969. Three-fourths of the subjects had acute or chronic pancreatitis; the remainder were diabetic or had a pancreatic neoplasm. There were 8 males, 26 females, and 1 cat of unknown sex in the series. The mean age of 11 dogs with acute pancreatitis (6.2 years) was 4 years less than that of 14 dogs with chronic pancreatitis. Fasting hyperlipaemia was detected in 5 of the dogs with acute pancreatitis but in none with chronic pancreatitis. Seven of 14 subjects with chronic pancreatitis were diabetic; the presenting complaint directed attention to diabetes mellitus rather than to chronic pancreatitis.