title: Use of the dry chemistry "Reflotron" blood analyzer under outdoor-field conditions in veterinary medicine.
abstract: Adapting the concept of "bed-side" patient analysis, the Boehringer-Mannheim Reflotron was evaluated for its possible use in veterinary medicine under outdoor-field conditions. Horse blood was analysed with the Cobas Bio analyzer, and indoor and outdoor analyses were also performed with the Reflotron. All values showed close agreement with no significant differences. Good correlation coefficients (r values around 0.9000) were also seen between all methods used. The Reflotron was operated under outdoor-field conditions by using, whenever available, an on-farm electricity source, or a gas operated generator. The data supports the proposal to adapt the Reflotron (or any other proved system) for outdoor-field, patient-side blood analysis, thus providing the veterinary clinician with values for blood quantities, and enabling an improved and more complete diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Faculty, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lopes-Pereira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harun
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmidtova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Timane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mabasso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bogin
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000662:veterinary; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D001663:Bilirubin