DIABETES-MELLITUS ASSOCIATED WITH PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY IN A KITTEN

Diabetes mellitus, characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia and gluc osuria, was diagnosed in a six-week-old kitten. Pancreatic sections co ntained low numbers of atypically small islets and immunohistochemistr y demonstrated pancreatic endocrine insufficiency with virtually no pr oduction of any islet hormones. There was no inflammatory infiltration of the islets, as seen in the form of diabetes mellitus characteristi c of juvenile humans.