Malin Öhlund

I graduated in 2000 and have been working as a small animal clinician and teacher in small animal surgery at SLU since 2001. I became a Swedish specialist in small animal medicine and surgery in 2005.

In 2005-2006 I was director of studies at the Department of Small Animal Surgery and Medicine. Between 2006 and 2011 I did my residency training in small animal surgery.

In 2012 I became a PhD student at the Department of Clinical Sciences, division of diagnostics and large animal science. My PhD project is Feline Diabetes Mellitus and my main supervisor is Bodil Ström Holst.

In my research project, four studies are planned:

1. An epidemiological study on the incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in cats in a population of insured Swedish cats based on the Agria insurance company database in a collaboration with professor Agneta Egenvall. Aims with the study were to describe the incidence of diabetes in insured Swedish cats and the association with demographic risk factors, such as age, breed and sex.
2. A clinical study focusing on diabetes in the Burmese cat breed. Burmese cats are predisposed to develop diabetes compared to other cat breeds.
3. A genetic study investigating the gene expression in pancreatic beta cells in diabetic cats. We also plan to study the insulin resistance in fat and muscle tissue in more close detail.
4. A questionnaire study with focus on environmental risk factors.

M Öhlund, A Egenvall, T Fall, H Hansson-Hamlin, H Röcklinsberg, and BS Holst (2016). “Environmental Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus in Cats”. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Dec 1, doi: 10.1111/jvim.14618.

M Öhlund, T Fall, B Ström Holst, H Hansson-Hamlin, B Bonnett, and A Egenvall (2015): “Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Insured Swedish Cats in Relation to Age, Breed and Sex”. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 29:5, 1342–1347. DOI: 10.1111/jvim.13584.

B Ström Holst, E Axnér, M Öhlund, L Möller, and A Egenvall (2015): “Dystocia in the cat evaluated using an insurance database”. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, e-pub ahead of print. DOI:10.1177/1098612X15600482.

M Öhlund, P Franzén, G Andersson, B Ström Holst, and J Lau (2014): "Laser Microdissection of Pancreatic Islets Allows for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Detection of Islet-Specific Gene Expression in Healthy and Diabetic Cats”. Journal of Gastroenterology, Pancreatology & Liver Disorders 1:4, 1-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/2374-815X/1/4/00121.

M Öhlund, O Höglund, U Olsson, and A-S Lagerstedt (2011): "Laparoscopic Ovariectomy in Dogs: a Comparison of the LigaSure and the SonoSurg Systems". Journal of Small Animal Practice 52:6, 290-294. DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01060.x.

O Höglund, K Olsson, R Hagman, M Öhlund, U Olsson, and A-S Lagerstedt (2011): "Comparison of haemodynamic changes during two surgical methods for neutering of female dogs". Research in Veterinary Science 91:1, 159-163. DOI:10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.08.013.

Jonsson H and Öhlund M (2003): "The prevalence of antibodies to bovine leukeumia virus and bovine Herpes virus 1 in dairy cattle in Cuba". International Office, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

More information about the project Diabetes in cats.