Table 1.

Average water consumption and urine specific gravity (USG) levels over a 10 day period with and without synthetic desmopressin treatment in a 10-month-old domestic shorthair cat with polyuria/polydipsia

	Average water consumption (ml/day)*	Average USG†
Oral desmopressin	707	1.008
Ophthalmic desmopressin	895	1.013
No treatment	693	1.007

^*Reference interval <360 ml/day (<100 ml/kg/day)

^†Reference interval 1.035–1.060