Diabetes mellitus in a 50-year-old captive Asian elephant (Elaphas maximus) bull

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-101

  van der Kolk, Johannes H ^a   Hoyer, Mark J ^b   Verstappen, Frank A L M ^b   Wolters, Marno S A B I ^b   Treskes, Marco ^c   Grinwis, Guy C M ^a   Kik, Marja J L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Natura Artis Magistra   (Netherlands)

^c Clinical Chemistry Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Diabetes mellitus; Fructosamine; Glucose; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

8 QUINOLINOL SULFATE; ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; C PEPTIDE; CHLOROTHIAZIDE; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIURIZONE; EQUIPALAZONE POWDER; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOREEN;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CARPAL JOINT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELEPHANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT NECROSIS; FRUCTOSAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MELENA; NECROTIZING LAMINITIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PREPUCE; SCLEROSIS; SKIN EDEMA; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH ULCER; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELEPHANTS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FOOT DISEASES; MALE; PANCREAS; POLYURIA;

EID: 83455228539     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2011.585793     Document Type: Article

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