Evaluation of a new portable glucose meter designed for the use in cats.

Full Abstract

Portable blood glucose meters (PBGMs) are useful in the management of diabetes mellitus in cats. In the present study we compared the performance of two PBGMs: the AlphaTRAK (Abbott Animal Health, Maidenhead, England) specifically developed for dogs and cats, and the Ascensia ELITE (Bayer HealthCare, Zurich, Switzerland) developed for humans. Quality parameters, including precision and accuracy, were better for the AlphaTRAK meter compared to Ascensia ELITE. While the AlphaTRAK meter results did not differ from the reference method, results from the Ascensia ELITE were significantly (P<0.001) lower. The superior performance of the AlphaTRAK meter supports its use to monitor blood glucose levels in cats.

Author information

Author/s: Zini, E (E); Moretti, S (S); Tschuor, F (F); Reusch, C E (CE);

Affiliation: Clinic for small animal internal medicine, University of Zürich.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde (Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd), published in Switzerland. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 151 (issue 9) : pp 448-51

Dates: Created 2009/09/01; Completed 2009/10/22;

PMID: 19722134, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/22/2009, IMS Date: )

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