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The problem: How to deal with diabetes

Vet’s advice Neil McIntosh SG’s gundog health expert

We need to begin with the basics of diabetes.

The basics

When an individual eats, energy in the form of glucose enters the bloodstream and this triggers cells in the pancreas to produce insulin, which drives glucose into the body’s cells where it can be used for metabolism. In dogs, immune-mediated destruction of the insulin producing pancreatic

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