Secondary diabetes mellitus is known to occur in acromegaly due to insulin resistance caused by growth hormone excess. However diabetes in acromegaly usually does not lead to ketosis. We describe here a case of acromegaly who presented in diabetes ketosis, which is unusual.

Ketosis is a common metabolic disorder frequently observed in dairy cows during the early lactation period. The objective of this study was to examine the changes in β-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA), glucose, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), glutathion peroxidase (GSH-Px), superoxide dismutase (SOD), xanthine oxidase (XOD), malonaldehyde, catalase and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) concentrations...

Female ruminants are susceptible to spontaneous ketosis arising at times of high productive demand. The dairy cow is most susceptible during the first 7 weeks of lactation, whereas the ewe is susceptible, particularly when multifoetate, during the last month of pregnancy. The disorder is characterized by signs of carbohydrate insufficiency and adipose-tissue mobilization. Those of carbohydrate ...

Background. The acute ingestion of ketone body supplements can improve exercise responses such as oxygen consumption and blood lactate. Additionally, ketone body supplements show increases in circulating βhb concentration, matching those of someone in a state of nutritional ketosis. Studies testing ketone body supplements have reported different results in exercise response and varying gastroin...

It is common knowledge that the intensity of ketosis is greater in man than in the dog. The question arises whether the difference is one of degree or of kind. The rate of development of ketosis, blood and urine acetone body concentration, and response to oral glucose have therefore been compared in the two species in order to determine whether such information would or would not suggest the pr...

Dairy cattle experience a remarkable shift in metabolism after calving, after which milk production typically increases so rapidly that feed intake alone cannot meet energy requirements (Bauman and Currie, 1980; Baird, 1982). Cows with a poor adaptive response to negative energy balance may develop hyperketonemia (ketosis) in early lactation. Cows that develop ketosis in early lactation lose mi...

It is common knowledge that the intensity of ketosis is greater in man than in the dog. The question arises whether the difference is one of degree or of kind. The rate of development of ketosis, blood and urine acetone body concentration, and response to oral glucose have therefore been compared in the two species in order to determine whether such information would or would not suggest the pr...