To Cindy Sooy:
 
>I took Axel in Mon. for bloodwork. ...  I took him in this morning and
>she sent the blood off to another lab.  The lab gave his glucose level as
>50.  Unfortunately, his glucose level today was 60.  Still low.  My vet
>thought he might just be off his feed and that could cause the low BG
>reading.
 
    Well, it could be, but I tend to doubt it.  In fact, many practitioners
due a blood glucose after a four hour fast.  Most vets will do an
exploratory after several blood values of 60 or less.  If you want ot be
absolutely sure, you can run a test for insulin and calculate the
insulin/glucose ratio, but I think that the results that you have, couple
with the lethargy are sufficient to justify taking a look around.
 
    At four, with no other health problems, a quick "look-see" should pose
much of a problem for Axel...
 
Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP
Dept. of Vet Path, AFIP
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[Posted in FML issue 1338]