Diabetes in dog is treated with?

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QUESTION

Diabetes in dog is treated with?

OPTIONS

(A) Glipizide
(B) Glyburide
(C) Diabinese
(D) Insulin

ANSWER

(D) Insulin

EXPLANATION

Diabetes mellitus in dogs is most reliably treated with exogenous insulin because canine diabetes usually involves inadequate endogenous insulin secretion. Oral sulfonylureas such as glipizide, glyburide, and chlorpropamide are not standard effective primary therapy for most diabetic dogs.

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