Experimental diabetes was produced in rats by i.v. streptozotocin injection (65 mg/kg). There was a significant increase in blood glucose and serum glucagon, while there was a significant d~crease in serum insulin in diabetic animals as compared with controls. It is oe interest that the glucagon elevation in the streptozotocin-induced diabetes in animals is of comparable magnitude to that seen in the ketoacidotic state of human diabetes.
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