title: Obesity in a dog, with secondary hormonal imbalance.
abstract: Obesity in dogs is frequently encountered by veterinarians. The history, clinical and laboratory findings of an overweight dog are described. Overfeeding of an all-meat diet resulted in obesity, and subclinical nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism. The obesity caused fatigue, decreased cardiac performance, respiratory embarrassment, skin lesions, prediabetes and increased glucocorticoid level. A balanced diet fed in limited amounts, and exercise, resulted in a marked loss of weight and an improvement in the dog's health. The practical control of canine obesity is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone