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WHY A PARTICULAR BLOOD GLUCOSE METER
FOR MY CAT, DOG OR HORSE?
Animals and humans have a different composition of blood,
especially the distribution of the glucose in blood plasma and
whole blood is significantly different. In animals the concen-
tration of glucose in plasma is much higher than in humans:
If you use a meter for human blood on a cat, dog or horse, it
may result in inaccurate readings and understimation of the
blood glucose value.
The human meter is especially calibrated on human blood
and will calculate the accurate human glucose result. But
this is not the same value as it would be for your cat, dog or
horse - to recieve an accurate value for your pet you must use
a blood glucose meter developed especially for animals.
Your Wellion GLUCO CALEA meter is calibrated especially for
the blood of cats, dogs and horses.
CAT
About 93% of the glucose
is located in plasma and
7% of the glucose in the
red blood cells
DOG
About 87,5% of the glucose
is located in plasma and
12,5% of the glucose in the
red blood cells
HUMAN
About 58% of the glucose
is located in plasma and
42% of the glucose in the
red blood cells
