Blood glucose values and definitions for hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in clinically normal broiler chicks.
Two analytical methods were used to establish expected blood glucose values for normal 2-week-old broiler chicks. The lower values (cut-offs) that define hypoglycemia are 137 mg/dl for the standard method and 60 mg/dl for the Chemstrip bG method. The upper cut-offs that define hyperglycemia were 363 mg/dl for the standard method and 280 mg/dl for the Chemstrip bG method. Results from these two tests are significantly (F = 110.9, df = 1/124, P < 0.00001) linear and highly correlated. Results from the present study will allow diagnosticians to make confident diagnoses of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in young broiler chicks.
Goodwin
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Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood 30566.
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Brown
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McMurray
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D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood*; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000662:veterinary; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000662:veterinary; D011201:Poultry Diseases; D012016:Reference Values
D001786:Blood Glucose