From:
julie_fossa@yahoo.com
Date: 2006-05-24 09:53:43 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] glucose meters
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
> Author wrote:
...when you get the reading multiply it by 20%. ie: mumford's read 80x20%= 16+ 80=96. I am wondering why people are multiplying the meter's number to get the ferret's glucose level. It would seem to me that the mg/dl of glucose in blood would be the same regardless of whether it was glucose in human blood or glucose in ferret blood. Is this not so? Robin>
Robin, I don't know where the 20% came from. I usually add 10 points to whatever I get because that was the difference I generally got when I tested my Freestyle meter against the value my vet's results.
It could be that once you start getting higher readings in a diabetic ferret the blood glucose reading on the hand held meter would be off by a larger amount, but I only view my glucose readings as a quick inexpensive way of tracking, anyway.
I would suspect the reason ferret blood reads differently could be due to ferrets having a higher packed cell volume than human blood. Maybe one of the vets can enlighten us.
Julie
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