Category: Glycogen Storage Diseases

How Common is Glycogen Storage Diseases (GSDs) in Companion Animals? GSDs are congenital diseases caused by disorders in the metabolism or synthesis of glycogen, a substance within cells that serves as a storage form of glucose. Most glycogen storage disease-affected dogs...

Likely, you’ve never heard of Glycogen storage diseases and maybe even the words ‘inheritance’ and ‘mode’ confuse you. The thing is, we don’t often hear about these diseases on a day-to-day basis but they do affect more than 900,000 Americans. Here...