Effects of Dietary Therapy in Management of Canine Diabetes Mellitus

This lecture will provide a definition of diabetes mellitus and its pathogenesis, describe diabetes mellitus in dogs, briefly highlight the gut microbiome, and then describe the possible effects of macronutrients on management of canine diabetes mellitus.

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Speaker: Dr. Jose De Jesus Ruiz Romero, DVM, MS

Bio: Dr. Jose De Jesus Ruiz Romero (DVM, MS, Internal Medicine Residency trained) is a Clinical Nutrition Resident at MASH Outpatient. After earning his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2019, Dr. Ruiz completed a one-year rotating internship at a private specialty practice in Orange County, California, and was then accepted into a combined Small Animal Internal Medicine residency and a Master’s degree program at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine. During his Internal Medicine training program, Dr. Ruiz recognized the significant role that nutrition played in disease management and wanted to expand his knowledge of Clinical Nutrition. He successfully completed his dual Internal Medicine and Master’s programs in July 2024. In August of that same year Dr. Ruiz began a Nutrition specialty training program under the mentorship of Dr. Lisa Weeth at Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital and with generous support from Hill’s Petcare, Inc.