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By pet-admin, January 12, 2009 10:18 pm

When my dog Keetna was diagnosed with diabetes, my veterinarian told me to monitor her blood sugar with urine strips – an inaccurate but easy method. Blood glucose testing that human diabetics do is much more accurate. But veterinarians historically have not made blood glucose monitoring a part of home care. Now that may change, thanks to a diabetes summit sponsored by Abbott Animal Health, a pet pharmaceutical company.

So why haven’t veterinarians encouraged blood glucose monitoring? For many reasons; it requires some education, patience, and expense, but these are well worth it for the peace of mind you get with having accurate results.
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