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Blood glucose was measured with the h-PBGM and with the v-PBGM using equine, canine, and feline settings. Agreement was assessed by Bland-Altman analysis and at hypoglycemia thresholds of \u2264 60 and &lt; 70 mg\/dL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sc_a3\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      24 client-owned domestic ferrets (\n                      <jats:italic>Mustela putorius furo<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) were included. Mean blood glucose concentration by the reference analyzer was 90.8 mg\/dL (range, 43 to 157 mg\/dL). The h-PBGM had the greatest positive fixed bias. The v-PBGM canine and feline settings showed minimal fixed bias, but all glucometers had wide limits of agreement. At the \u2264 60-mg\/dL threshold, simple classification agreement was 79% for the canine and feline settings, 75% for the equine setting, and 58% for the h-PBGM.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sc_a4\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The v-PBGM canine and feline settings agreed more closely with the reference analyzer than did the h-PBGM. However, agreement was insufficient to support diagnosis or management of hypoglycemia based solely on portable glucometer results in ferrets.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sc_a5\">\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Low, borderline, unexpected, or treatment-altering blood glucose results should be confirmed with a point-of-care or reference laboratory chemistry analyzer.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/ajvr.26.05.0224","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,30]],"date-time":"2026-09-30T18:14:37Z","timestamp":1790792077000},"page":"1-8","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Portable blood glucose meters do not reliably detect hypoglycemia in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) compared with a point-of-care chemistry analyzer"],"prefix":"10.2460","author":[{"given":"Kimberly","family":"Rollins","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Priest Lake Veterinary Hospital, Nashville, TN"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0477-1780","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mark","family":"Rishniw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Information Network, Davis, CA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4399-2287","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Thomas M.","family":"Donnelly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Information Network, Davis, CA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-1783-1929","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Logan","family":"Kopp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Priest Lake Veterinary Hospital, Nashville, TN"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"B1","series-title":"Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract","first-page":"37","article-title":"Clinical anatomy, physiology, and common diseases of the pancreas in exotic pets","volume":"29","author":"Di Girolamo N","year":"2026","unstructured":"Di Girolamo N. 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