|Articles|February 17, 2011

Today's Daily Dose: Feline diabetes

How stress affects blood glucose concentrations.

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“With feline patients, glucose concentrations measured in the hospital are often a poor representation of glucose concentrations in the home. Stress can trigger massive sustained hyperglycemia in cats, so it is always important to look at the whole picture.”

-Audrey Cook, BVM&S, MRCVS, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA

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