Evaluation of Precision Xceed? meter for on-site monitoring of blood [beta]-hydroxybutyric acid and glucose concentrations in dairy sheep

The accuracy of the Precision Xceed® hand-held meter as an on-site method for measuring blood β-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA) and glucose concentrations, for the diagnosis of pregnancy toxemia and ketosis in dry and lactating dairy sheep, was assessed. Five to eight hours after the start of the morning...

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Published in:Research in veterinary science 2012-08, Vol.93 (1), p.435
Main Authors: Panousis, N, Brozos, Ch, Karagiannis, I, Giadinis, N.D, Lafi, S, Kritsepi-Konstantinou, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Agreements
Animals
Anticoagulants
Clinical medicine
Confidence intervals
Laboratories
Metabolic disorders
Methods
Onsite
Pregnancy
Sheep
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:The accuracy of the Precision Xceed® hand-held meter as an on-site method for measuring blood β-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA) and glucose concentrations, for the diagnosis of pregnancy toxemia and ketosis in dry and lactating dairy sheep, was assessed. Five to eight hours after the start of the morning feed, blood was collected once from 193 clinically healthy sheep (143 dry and 50 lactating). BHBA and glucose analyses were performed with serum in the laboratory, and with whole blood with the Precision Xceed®. Overall, BHBA and glucose determinations by the two methods were not statistically different (P >0.05). Strongly significant positive correlations were found for glucose and BHBA concentrations between the Precision Xceed® and laboratory results (r =0.76, n =150, P
ISSN:0034-5288
1532-2661
DOI:10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.06.019