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Management of canine diabetes.
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice - 1 Sept 2001
Fleeman L M, Rand J S
Abstract excerpt
The majority of diabetic dogs appear to have a form of type 1 diabetes analogous to the latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) in humans. Evidence of acute or chronic pancreatitis occurs in about 40% of diabetic dogs. Blindness caused by cataract formation eventually occurs in the majority of diabetic dogs and is not dependent on glycemic control. Insulin is the mainstay of therapy for diabetic dogs, and a...
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