{"topic_id":"exotic_health_bearded_dragon_diabetes","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_health_bearded_dragon_diabetes\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Bearded dragon health — diabetes mellitus associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — reptile / miniature pig husbandry, nutrition, health, toxicology\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-b3/reptile_nutrition.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 46\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Bearded dragon health — diabetes mellitus associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/reptiles/nutritional-metabolic-and-endocrine-diseases-of-reptiles\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Bearded dragon health — diabetes mellitus associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Endocrine diseases are not often documented in reptiles. Diabetes mellitus has been reported in chelonians; glucosuria and hyperglycemia are the primary findings, and polyphagia may or may not be apparent. The etiology is often undetermined but in bearded dragons has been associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-b3/reptile_nutrition.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Endocrine diseases are not often documented in reptiles. Diabetes mellitus has been reported in chelonians; glucosuria and hyperglycemia are the primary findings, and polyphagia may or may not be apparent. The etiology is often undetermined but in bearded dragons has been associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Bearded dragon health — diabetes mellitus associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Bearded dragon health — diabetes mellitus associated with gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/reptiles/nutritional-metabolic-and-endocrine-diseases-of-reptiles","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-b3/reptile_nutrition.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-b3/reptile_nutrition.txt","tokens_estimated":46,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}