title: The carpal pad as an alternative sampling site for blood glucose testing in dogs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the feasibility and validity of sampling blood from the carpal pad in hospitalised healthy and diabetic dogs.
  
  
  METHODS
  The carpal pad was compared to the ear as a sampling site in 60 dogs (30 healthy and 30 diabetic dogs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lancing the pads was very well tolerated. The average glucose concentrations in blood samples obtained from the ears and carpal pads exhibited a strong positive correlation (r = 0·938) and there were no significant differences between them (P = 0·914). In addition, 98·3% of the values obtained were clinically acceptable when assessed by the error grid analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The carpal pad is a good alternative sampling site for home monitoring, especially in animals with a soft and/or light-coloured pad.
authors.affiliation: Clinics and Surgery of Small Animals, Via de Acesso Professor Paulo Donato Castellani, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borin-Crivellenti
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Crivellenti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tinucci-Costa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs; D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose