Blood Glucose Curves

Monitoring your pet with diabetes can be challenging. Blood glucose curves (BGC) help determine and confirm what treatment plans are needed through at home monitoring.1

Keto was diagnosed with diabetes and after a few months a blood glucose curve needed to be performed. Lance, his owner, took him to the veterinarian who recommended performing it at home and using a blood glucose meter like Test Buddy™ which is calibrated specifically for dogs and cats with diabetes.

Test Buddy™ meter also works with the Test Buddy™ App allowing pet owners to easily track, monitor and share their pet’s blood glucose results with their veterinarian.

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Blood Glucose Curves At Home vs In Hospital

Lance didn’t understand why the blood glucose curve needed to be performed at home, so the veterinarian explained to him the benefits, and why this was recommended to help him and Keto.

At Home

  • The home setting allows the pet to continue its normal routine in a stress-free environment, allowing blood glucose curves to be more accurate.1
  • Blood glucose curves can save pet owners the cost of the veterinary visits.2
  • Performing blood glucose curves at home, is more convenient, and allows better control of diabetes resulting in a healthier pet.

In Hospital

  • The pet’s normal routine is disrupted which often causes stress, resulting in an inaccurate blood glucose curve.1
  • A blood glucose curve performed by a veterinarian can be costly.3
  • Establishing a blood glucose curve can take 12-24 hours.1 Inconvenient veterinary visits can affect how often blood glucose curves are performed, resulting in the pet’s diabetes becoming unregulated.

1. 2018 American Animal Hospital Association Diabetes Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats https://www.aaha.org/globalassets/02-guidelines/diabetes/diabetes-guidelines_final.pdf
2. Kelly D. Mitchell, BSc, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM (SAIM). Canine and Feline Diabetes Mellitus: Owner Communication, Home Monitoring and Diet. 37th Annual OAVT Conference & Trade Show.
3. Joi Sutton. It Costs What to Treat a Diabetic Pet? May 31, 2012. https://www.adwdiabetes.com/articles/costs-what-treat-diabetic-pet