Symptoms of diabetes in dogs:

1. Excessive appetite, no weight gain, and drinking a lot of water.

2. Decreased vitality, fatigue, and rapid weight loss.

3. The urine output increases greatly, the specific gravity is also high, and the urine color is light yellow.

4. Blood sugar increases, usually 75-120mg/100ml in dogs, but in this disease it increases to 150mg/100ml and sometimes even 400mg/100ml.

5. In the final stage, it may cause corneal ulcers, cataracts, vitreous opacity, omental detachment, blindness, skin ulcers, hair loss, heart failure, and even coma.

Prevention and treatment measures for dog diabetes:

1. Feed therapy is the basic treatment method for canine diabetes. The principle is to give low-carb foods, such as meat. , milk, etc.; supplement sufficient amounts of B vitamins; feed regularly and quantitatively, often in small amounts.

2. Those who urgently need to control hyperglycemia and correct metabolic disorders should use fast-acting insulin; while those with stable conditions generally use long-acting or intermediate-acting insulin.

3. Oral hypoglycemic drugs. Commonly used drugs include phenylsulfonamide acetate, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide, and hypoglycemic drugs. It is generally limited to sick dogs whose blood sugar does not exceed 200 mg per 100 ml and is not accompanied by ketonemia.

4. Insulin therapy, half an hour before morning feeding, subcutaneously inject 0.5 micrograms/kg body weight of intermediate-acting insulin once a day. For sick dogs with ketoacidosis, crystallized insulin or semi-slow insulin zinc suspension can be used, with low-dose continuous intravenous infusion or low-dose intramuscular injection. The intravenous injection dose is 0.1 micrograms/kg body weight, and the intramuscular injection dose is 0.1 μg/kg body weight. 1 microgram for more than 3 kilograms and 2 micrograms for less than 10 kilograms.

5. For fluid therapy, lactated Ringer's solution, 0.45% sodium chloride solution and 5% glucose solution can be used. The amount of intravenous fluid should generally not exceed 90 ml/kg of body weight. You can first inject 20-30 ml/kg of body weight, and then inject slowly. And timely supplement potassium salt.