Canine hypoglycemia is a dog condition that occurs when the blood sugar concentration of a dog is reduced to a certain extent.
1. Causes of canine hypoglycemia:
1. Excessive secretion of insulin (such as islet cell tumor), liver glucose storage and transformation disorders (such as fatty liver, cirrhosis), adrenal cortex hypofunction, pituitary insufficiency, abnormal central nervous system regulation, cachexia and other factors can cause hypoglycemia.
2. Puppies before 3 months of age often develop hypoglycemia, which is caused by cold, hunger or gastrointestinal disorders.
3. Hypoglycemia in female dogs is mostly caused by excessive litter, increased nutritional demand and large-scale lactation after delivery.
2. Clinical symptoms of canine hypoglycemia:
1. The sick dog is weak and weak throughout the body, and has paroxysmal neurological symptoms, muscle spasms, motor ataxia, which often causes blindness.
2. The puppy is depressed at first, his gait is unstable, his facial muscles twitch, and his whole body is paroxysmal spasm. He quickly falls into a coma, and his blood sugar can drop to 30 mg per 100 milliliters.
3. The female dog has muscle spasms, whole body ankylo or intermittent spasms, body temperature rises up to 41~42 degrees, breathing and heartbeat accelerate, and a positive ketone test for urine.
4. The blood sugar level decreases (below 50 mg %), the plasma insulin concentration increases, but hypoglycemia caused by causes other than islet cell tumors, and the concentration of islet cord is normal or low. In addition, glucose tolerance test has high diagnostic significance for this disease.
III. Prevention and treatment measures for dog hypoglycemia:
1. Strengthen nutrition for sick dogs and give high-protein and high-carbohydrate feed.
2. To increase the blood sugar concentration of sick dogs, diazoxide (10~40 mg/kg) or glucocorticoids can be used.
3. If it is hypoglycemia caused by islet celloma, the islets can be removed.