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Evaluation of a Rapid Reagent Strip Test for Blood Glucose Determination in Diarrheic Calves
Author(s) -
Sweeney Raymond W.,
Divers Thomas J.,
Zamos David T.,
Spencer Pamela A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
veterinary clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1939-165X
pISSN - 0275-6382
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-165x.1989.tb00529.x
Subject(s) - reagent , chromatography , plasma glucose , chemistry , glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase , biochemistry , medicine , dehydrogenase , enzyme , insulin
Summary Sixty‐three blood samples from 10 diarrheic calves were tested for glucose concentration by two methods. Plasma glucose concentration was measured by the conventional glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase method in the clinical laboratory, and the results compared to those obtained using a rapid reagent strip test for blood glucose concentration measurement. The rapid reagent strip test result could not be used to make an accurate prediction of the actual plasma glucose concentration as determined by the conventional method, due to the wide variability in actual plasma glucose concentrations corresponding to each rapid test result.