Feline Diabetes: A New Chapter

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In this session, we will review our current understanding of feline diabetes mellitus and discuss the impacts of insulin resistance and glucose toxicity on pancreatic function. A brief summary of previous efforts to manage diabetic cats with oral medications will be followed by an overview of the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and their effects in this species. Velagliflozin oral solution will be introduced and insights shared regarding appropriate patient selection, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Information on when to consider a switch to insulin and how to make this change will be provided.

Speaker: Dr. Audrey Cook, BVM&S, MSc Vet Ed, MRCVS, DACVIM, DECVIM, DABVP, Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Texas A&M University

Bio: Dr. Audrey Cook is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She completed her internship at NC State University and her Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Cook is a diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is recognized as a specialist in feline practice by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners.

After a decade in private referral practice, Dr. Cook joined the faculty at Texas A&M University. She is now a Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine and Co-Chief of the Medicine Section, with particular interests in endocrinology, gastroenterology, and interventional radiology.

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