The impact of gender and age in diabetes mellitus in dogs

Nikolin Daija

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University of Tirana

Email: ninodaija@hotmail.com

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Abstract

In this study we took 2,921 dogs, of whom 1,521 were female and 1,400 were male. These dogs were tested for diabetes mellitus, and 10 of them were positive. 6 of these dogs were female and 4 were male. Dogs in this study were 1- and over 10 years. In our study were diabetic dogs at the age of 5-9 years. Greater susceptibility to diabetes mellitus were female dogs.

Keywords: Dogs, gender, age, female, male

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