USE OF THE PORTABLE GLUCOMETER TO DETERMINE GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION IN DOGS’ BLOOD

Authors

  • Grazielle Sousa Aleixo UFRPE
  • Maria Cristina Oliveira Coelho UFRPE
  • Ana Paula Monteiro Tenório UFRPE
  • Ana Luiza Neves Guimarães UFRPE
  • Moacir Bezerra Andrade UFRPE
  • Humberto Barros Cavalcanti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i3.3700

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Animal Sanity

Abstract

One of the ways of monitoring the glucose concentration in the blood is with a portable device, known as glucometer. The equipment, developed to measure the glycemia of human patients, was used in this experiment with the purpose of verifying if the results of samples of  dogs’ blood are also reliable. To perform the exam a drop of capillary blood from the ear of 36 dogs was collected. The mean variation when comparing the glucometer and the laboratorial reference method was 7.90%, being this result within the patterns established by regulatory organs of the area, such as the American Diabetes Association (ADA). It was concluded that the portable glucometer is a reliable tool to dose and/or monitor dogs glycemia, having as advantages the practicality and speed for obtaining the results.

Keywords: Dog, glycemia, monitoring.

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Author Biographies

Grazielle Sousa Aleixo, UFRPE

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária (DMV) da UFRPE, área de cirurgia e clínica de pequenos animais.

Maria Cristina Oliveira Coelho, UFRPE

DMV, área de cirurgia e clínica de pequenos animais.

Ana Paula Monteiro Tenório, UFRPE

DMV, área de anestesiologia e terapêutica veterinária.

Ana Luiza Neves Guimarães, UFRPE

DMV, área de clínica de pequenos animais.

Moacir Bezerra Andrade, UFRPE

DMV, área de clínica de pequenos animais.

Humberto Barros Cavalcanti

Médico Veterinário autônomo

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Published

2010-10-01

How to Cite

ALEIXO, G. S.; COELHO, M. C. O.; TENÓRIO, A. P. M.; GUIMARÃES, A. L. N.; ANDRADE, M. B.; CAVALCANTI, H. B. USE OF THE PORTABLE GLUCOMETER TO DETERMINE GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION IN DOGS’ BLOOD. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 3, p. 537–545, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i3.3700. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3700. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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