Diabetes in Pets on the Rise!
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The 9-year-old Australian Terrier was drinking a lot of water and urinating frequently. So his owner took the little dog to her veterinarian, John Hamil of Canyon Animal Hospital in Laguna Beach, Calif. A urinalysis and blood work revealed that he had diabetes.As with people, the incidence of diabetes in cats and dogs is increasing. Not so much of a problem in decades past, diabetes now affects as many as one in 50 of the animals, some statistics show, especially pudgy pets.
There is no question from what I know that is published in the literature that obesity is on the rise, No. 1, and No. 2, diabetes is on the rise right along with it, says veterinarian Robin Downing, hospital director of Windsor Veterinary Clinic in Windsor, Colo.
Diabetes results when the body doesn't produce enough insulin, a hormone that processes glucose (blood sugar), or properly use it. As a result, the body's tissues cannot use glucose for energy, and the sugar builds up in the blood and urine.
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racinghound
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I have a cat like that, she has lived a good life. Hisses at me everyday.
- 2 years ago
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racinghound
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aschneider
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It looks to me like that kitty could live off the land for a while, if you catch my drift. ;o)
- 2 years ago
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aschneider
