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Severe hypoglycemia attributable to surreptitious injection of insulin in a mare
B D Given1, M S Mostrom, R Tully
1Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|July 15, 1988
Abstract:
A mare with signs of hypoglycemia had high serum insulin concentrations before it was euthanatized. High pressure liquid chromatography revealed that the insulin in the mare's blood was of commercial origin. Surreptitious insulin injection has been suspected as the cause of several suspicious deaths of insured horses. The use of high-pressure liquid chromatography should help put an end to this practice.