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- Title
Successful treatment of a cat with primary hypoadrenocorticism and severe hyponatremia with desoxycorticosterone pivalate (DOCP).
- Authors
Woolcock, Andrew D.; Ward, Cynthia
- Abstract
A 6-year-old, castrated male Siamese cat was diagnosed with primary hypoadrenocorticism, confirmed by an adrenocorticotopic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test documenting both hypocortisolism and hypoaldosteronism. The cat was successfully treated using a combination of prednisolone and desoxycorticosterone pivalate (DOCP). This case demonstrates that DOCP can be used successfully as mineralocorticoid supplementation in cats with hypoadrenocorticism and may have a longer therapeutic duration than that in dogs.
- Subjects
SIAMESE cat; HYPONATREMIA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC hormone; VETERINARY endocrinology; PREDNISOLONE; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; DISEASES; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Canadian Veterinary Journal / Revue Vétérinaire Canadienne, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 11, p1158
- ISSN
0008-5286
- Publication type
Article