Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a disease with moderate incidence in dogs, characterized as a disorder in the endocrine pancreas with a decrease in serum insulin levels, its main symptoms being polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia and glycosuria. This report addresses the care of a ten-year-old, spayed, mongrel, female dog, weighing 16.7 kg. Blood count and serum biochemical profile tests were collected, requested for an inpatient procedure, and showed alterations in total glycemia, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase and total platelets, revealing a clinical picture of diabetes mellitus. Complementary tests were performed to confirm the diagnosis, such as urinalysis and blood glucose tests during fasting. Upon ultrasound, a stump pyometra was identified and surgical intervention was chosen. After surgery and drug treatment with insulin, the patient showed improvement and remains stable to date. However, she became insulin-dependent, having suffered permanent blindness due to diabetic cataracts.
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