Meat quality can be affected by stress, exhaustion, feed composition, and other physical and
environmental conditions. These stressors can alter the pH in postmortem muscle, leading to …

Pregnancy toxemia is the most common and potentially disastrous metabolic disease of
sheep and goats. 1, 2 Pregnancy toxemia may occur with a limited number of individuals or …

Portable blood glucose meters (PBGM, glucometers) are a convenient, cost effective, and
quick means to assess patient blood glucose concentration. The number of commercially …

Despite few published studies that assess the accuracy of glucometers in laboratory
animals, glucometers are commonly used in animal research. We set out to determine the …

Objective—To evaluate performance of a human portable blood glucose meter (PBGM), a
veterinary PBGM, and a veterinary benchtop analyzer for measuring blood glucose …

Simple Summary Blood glucose is crucial for milk production in dairy cows. The use of some
human-customized blood glucometers has been evaluated for the measurement of cow …

Maternal nutrition during gestation plays an important role in colostrum production, postnatal
growth, and survival of newborn lambs, especially in twin gestations. This research aimed to …

The objective was to evaluate the differences between hair lambs, born from single or twin
births, regarding the latency periods for standing up and suckling, the vitality, glycemic …

Background Data on the performance of a glucometer in calves with different diseases are
currently lacking. Objective The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability …

This study compared blood glucose concentrations measured with a portable blood
glucometer and a validated laboratory analyzer in venous blood samples of 20 pet ferrets …