When symptoms or risk factors suggest deficiency despite a reassuring serum B12 number, functional markers help clarify cellular B12 status
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Dogs Without enough vitamin B12, many of a dogs enzymatic and metabolic processes cant proceed normally, which results in clinical signs like: Poor growth in young animals Anemia (low red blood cell counts) Neurologic dysfunction Importantly, these signs are also often seen with the very health problems that lead to vitamin B12 deficiency
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a shorter needle risks depositing the B12 into fat, which slows absorption