Table 1.

Characteristics of 12 diabetic dogs at the beginning of the study

Breed	Sex	Age (years)	Body weight (kg)a			Body condition score	NPH insulin (unit/kg)
			Post-Ba	Post-PB	Post-Mi		Morning	Night
Mixed breed	Intact male	7	10.5	10.4	10.0	4	0.67	0.67
Labrador retriever	Neutered male	9	30.1	31.5	31.4	5	0.50	0.50
Mixed breed	Spayed female	9	5.8	5.7	6.0	5	0.17	0.17
Cocker	Spayed female	5	12.5	12.9	12.1	5	0.64	0.64
Mixed breed	Spayed female	12	10.4	10.4	10.4	5	0.19	0.19
Labrador retriever	Spayed female	8	29.5	30.3	30.4	5	0.34	0.34
Labrador retriever	Intact male	7	45.5	45.0	45.6	5	0.40	0.40
Schnauzer	Neutered male	7	8.9	8.5	8.5	4	0.68	0.68
Labrador retriever	Intact male	7	38.0	38.6	38.0	5	0.39	0.39
Labrador retriever	Spayed female	10	25.1	26.4	26.3	5	0.40	0.40
Pug	Spayed female	9	9.5	10.0	10.0	6	0.85	0.85
Dachshund	Spayed female	9	6.6	6.7	6.6	5	0.23	0.23

^aWithout difference after each diet period (p = 0.12 obtained by ANOVA test)