Message Number: YG2132 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Bruce Williams, DVM
Date: 2001-04-03 19:22:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Low blood sugar but no physical signs

--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., AFERRETVET@c... wrote:
> Hi Linda,
> Sounds like they are doing an "in house test"
> on a glucose machine for diabetics. This is normally
> pretty accurate. Maybe it is time to send it out for
> a lab to check the glucose level. It just does not sound
> possible to be 21 and not have any problems.
> Jerry Murray, DVM

I have heard that some glucometers may be off from 10-40 mg/dl due to
the calibration for human capillary blood. I am currently loling
into the source of this information.


With kindest regards,

Bruce H. Williams, DVM, DACVP
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