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Old 02-10-2010, 09:00 PM   #6
dwerten
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Hypoglycemia in Dogs

actually I would make sure the parents were bile acid tested as it can be a sign of liver issue as posted in the link above. Bile acid in a pup should not be done until 20 weeks - hopefully it is just due to lack of enough meals but i would definitely question the bat testing of parents


Other causes of hypoglycemia include fasting before vigorous exercise, which may be a factor in the syndrome called "hunting dog hypoglycemia"; Addison's disease, an endocrine problem caused by a lack of hormone production by the adrenal glands which can cause weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, and collapse; excessive insulin administration, as may occur in pets with diabetes mellitus; insulin-producing tumors of the pancreas, called "insulinomas" or "beta cell tumors"; severe liver disease; some other tumors that produce insulin-like factors; dogs with portosystemic shunts, which are congenital blood vessel abnormalities the cause blood from the intestines to by-pass the liver; hereditary diseases arising from abnormal storage of glucose as starch in the liver, or glycogen storage disease; and serious systemic bacterial infection, or sepsis

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