title: Evaluation of a new portable glucose meter designed for the use in cats.
abstract: Portable blood glucose meters (PBGMs) are useful in the management of diabetes mellitus in cats. In the present study we compared the performance of two PBGMs: the AlphaTRAK (Abbott Animal Health, Maidenhead, England) specifically developed for dogs and cats, and the Ascensia ELITE (Bayer HealthCare, Zurich, Switzerland) developed for humans. Quality parameters, including precision and accuracy, were better for the AlphaTRAK meter compared to Ascensia ELITE. While the AlphaTRAK meter results did not differ from the reference method, results from the Ascensia ELITE were significantly (P<0.001) lower. The superior performance of the AlphaTRAK meter supports its use to monitor blood glucose levels in cats.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for small animal internal medicine, University of Zürich.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tschuor
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Reusch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D002415:Cats; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D019518:Postprandial Period; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose