Sentences with phrase «fructosamine concentrations»

Fructosamine concentrations are elevated in cats with chronic diabetes, and they are not believed to be significantly affected by stress hyperglycemia that may be brought on by a veterinary visit, so they are very useful in determining a cat's true blood glucose status and in verifying a diagnosis of diabetes in cats.

The majority of diabetic animals will not always have optimal control of blood glucose, thus fructosamine concentrations are unlikely to lie entirely within the reference range for normal dogs.

The majority of diabetic animals will not always have optimal control of blood glucose; thus, fructosamine concentrations are unlikely to lie entirely within the reference range for normal cats.

In general, the closer the fructosamine concentration is to the reference range for healthy cats, the better the glycemic control.

If glucose is present in your cat's urine, a blood test will determine blood glucose concentration and fructosamine concentration.

In general, the closer the fructosamine concentration is to the reference range for healthy dogs, the better the glycemic control.

Crenshaw KL, Peterson ME, Heeb LA, Moroff SD, Nichols, R: Serum fructosamine concentration as an index of glycemia in cats with diabetes mellitus and stress hyperglycemia.

Not exact matches

Single fructosamine measurements should be interpreted in the light of clinical signs, body weight, and blood glucose concentration.

Single fructosamine measurements should be interpreted in the light of clinical signs of diabetes, body weight, and blood glucose concentration.

Veterinarians sometimes avoid this pitfall by measuring the concentration of a molecule called fructosamine in the blood.