Figure 1.

Clinicians’ answers to the survey question “If diabetic animals are euthanased/treatment is stopped/not started, how important are the following factors?” Factors indicated by numbers on X-axis; 1. costs; 2. welfare of pet; 3. too much impact on lifestyle of owner; 4. injection problems; 5. problems obtaining adequate control; 6. concurrent disease; 7. Age of the animal; 8. other (additional issues reported by the respondents and rated according to importance).