When Your Pet Really is a ‘Sweet Pee’…Diabetic Cats and Dogs…
You have likely heard of the medical condition know as diabetes. There are actually 2 forms of this condition, diabetes mellitus and insipidus. The most common type is also known as sugar diabetes. It was first documented in 1552 BC in an Egyptian papyrus. It was diagnosed by the sweet taste of the urine. Glad that we now have more scientific ways to determine if there is sugar in the pee.
According to the CDC, it is estimated that it affects more than 100 million US adults. Veterinary data has shown that 1 in every 300 dogs and 1 in 230 cats will develop diabetes during their lifetime and the prevalence over that past 10 years is increasing. The diagnosis of diabetes in not a death sentence but it is a condition that needs to be controlled and monitored or else dire consequences can ensue.
Dr. Richard Goldstein is the Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Zoetis Global Diagnostics, Medical Affairs. He is board certified in Small Animal Internal Medicine by both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Companion Animals. Dr. Goldstein is active in the One Health community and serves on the scientific advisory boards of the One Health Commission
BIO:
Dr. Goldstein graduated from the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 1993 and completed a residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis, in 1998. He served as an associate professor then associate professor with tenure at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine from 2001-2012. In 2012 Dr Goldstein joined the leadership team of the Animal Medical Center in New York City as Chief Medical Officer and served in that capacity until January 2018. In 2018 Dr. Goldstein joined Zoetis and is currently the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Global Diagnostics. Dr Goldstein is board certified in Small Animal Internal Medicine by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine as well as the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals. Dr. Goldstein is internationally recognized as a researcher, author and lecturer in companion animal medicine with a focus on point of care and reference laboratory test development in infectious, renal and genetic diseases of dogs and cats. He has published over 70 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004.