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Blood glucose values and definitions for hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in clinically normal broiler chicks
M A Goodwin1, D I Bounous, J Brown
1Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood 30566.
Abstract:
Two analytical methods were used to establish expected blood glucose values for normal 2-week-old broiler chicks. The lower values (cut-offs) that define hypoglycemia are 137 mg/dl for the standard method and 60 mg/dl for the Chemstrip bG method. The upper cut-offs that define hyperglycemia were 363 mg/dl for the standard method and 280 mg/dl for the Chemstrip bG method. Results from these two tests are significantly (F = 110.9, df = 1/124, P < 0.00001) linear and highly correlated. Results from the present study will allow diagnosticians to make confident diagnoses of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in young broiler chicks.
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